How to make water flow uphill.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3046791.stm
From the article: It certainly beats your common or garden water feature. Inventor James Dyson, he of the bagless vacuum cleaner, has stolen the headlines from the gardeners at this year's Chelsea Flower Show with his "Wrong Garden". A set of four glass ramps positioned in a square clearly show water travelling up each of them before it pours off the top, only to start again at the bottom of the next ramp. I figured you fellow ponders would get a kick out of this one. Way too cool for words. |
How to make water flow uphill.
John Hines wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3046791.stm From the article: It certainly beats your common or garden water feature. Inventor James Dyson, he of the bagless vacuum cleaner, has stolen the headlines from the gardeners at this year's Chelsea Flower Show with his "Wrong Garden". A set of four glass ramps positioned in a square clearly show water travelling up each of them before it pours off the top, only to start again at the bottom of the next ramp. I figured you fellow ponders would get a kick out of this one. Way too cool for words. I wonder how long it will take for it to appear on this side of the big pond. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
How to make water flow uphill.
Very kewl! Let's make him an honorary PORG. k30a |
How to make water flow uphill.
Bonnie Espenshade wrote:
I wonder how long it will take for it to appear on this side of the big pond. I could see a modified version, with one ramp, driving the water fall into the pond. At the low feed end, setup a small waterwheel that appears to push the water uphill. Other people has suggested a desk top fountain. |
How to make water flow uphill.
Great link John, tnx for that :-)
Beats designing vacuum cleaners I guess ;-) |
How to make water flow uphill.
Bonnie Espenshade wrote in message ...
John Hines wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3046791.stm From the article: It certainly beats your common or garden water feature. Inventor James Dyson, he of the bagless vacuum cleaner, has stolen the headlines from the gardeners at this year's Chelsea Flower Show with his "Wrong Garden". A set of four glass ramps positioned in a square clearly show water travelling up each of them before it pours off the top, only to start again at the bottom of the next ramp. I figured you fellow ponders would get a kick out of this one. Way too cool for words. I wonder how long it will take for it to appear on this side of the big pond. I remember an attraction at Six Flags Over Texas when I was a kid in Dallas, called the "Whacky Shack". The whole thing, I mean everything in it defied gravity. On the walkway outside where you stood in line, there was a water feature that ran in troughs made of half pipe that appeared to run uphill. It was very much like the pics in that link, only much more rustic looking. I think it did actually incorporate some "water wheels" that appeared to push the water up the troughs. Astroworld had one too, for a while. I imagine most of the Six Flags parks across the country had them. Ann |
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