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Tag: coins

Three Coins in a Fountain, and Some Salty Finger Problems

April 2, 2013 Marc Abrahams

We are, all of us, in a certain sense enjoying a steady flow of research reports about fluids. Here are two of the newest items: “Three coins in a fountain ,” H. K. Moffatt,  Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 720 , April 2013, pp 1 – 4. [doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.55] (Thanks to investigator Tom Gill for […]

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Some abdominal muscles: how to use them with coins

November 11, 2012 Marc Abrahams

This video shows some motions of the human abdominal muscles, useful for manipulating coins:

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