Mechanics > Kinematics > Motion in 2-D > Circular Motion DCS# 1D52.20
NEWTON'S VESSEL
spinning cylinder of water
APPARATUS
hand crank 202-15-B
rotor 202-15-B
plastic cylinder on wooden base 202-15-B
food coloring 202-14-D2
gooseneck lamp 101-16-B

DESCRIPTION
Rotate crank to spin cylinder of colored water.  Surface of water will form paraboloid of revolution.

 
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REFERENCES

Sutton, M-142.

Einstein's Theory of Relativity, M. Born, p. 79.