mFrame Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 "Peeved by the widespread misconception that siphons work because of atmospheric pressure, physics lecturer Dr. Stephen Hughes, [in 2010] wrote a mail to the prestigious Oxford English Dictionary(OED) pointing out the error. To back his claim, Dr.Hughes tested a siphon inside a hypobaric chamber to check if changes in atmospheric pressure had any effect on the siphon and demonstrated that gravity and not atmospheric pressure was the driving principle. Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 That's crazy nobody had caught it until now. If it was due to atmospheric pressure the discharge side would often be under more pressure since it's at a lower elevation. So not only is it wrong, but even the description is fundamentally backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) That's crazy nobody had caught it until now. If it was due to atmospheric pressure the discharge side would often be under more pressure since it's at a lower elevation. So not only is it wrong, but even the description is fundamentally backwards. hahaha. Edited April 25, 2014 by Planeden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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