Pascal's fountain

Description: A glass sphere on the end of a glass tube with small holes on a great circle of the sphere. Water squirts equally in all directions when forced out of the sphere by a piston fitted in the tube.

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Concepts demonstrated:

Equipment: Pascal's fountain, water, tray to catch some of the ejected water, means for cleaning up the rest of the water

Setup Time: Short

Difficulty/Commitment: Straightforward

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Related demonstrations:

References: PIRA 2B20.50
Sutton M-271 Pressure the Same in All Directions - Pascal's Law; DHP Fb-2;

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