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On 05/08/2019 09:26, wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
you can't siphon up more than 32ft


An interesting discussion he

"The height limit of a siphon"

A. Boatwright, S. Hughes. J. Barry

Scientific Reports volume 5, Article number: 16790 (2015)

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep16790

#Paul

I am sure that putting the Whaley dam in a vacuum chamber to break the
cavitation limit was seriously considered by the team


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