Code Number: 8B40.60

Demo Title: Galactic Jets

Condition: Good

Principle: Jet, Galactic Jets

Area of Study: Astronomy

Equipment:

Large Hero's Fountain apparatus with large funnel and glass carboys.

Procedure:

Set the apparatus up so that the full glass carboy is on the table and the empty or near empty carboy is on the floor. Put about 4 Liters of water into the large funnel at the top. When you loosen the clamp on the hose that goes to the top carboy, the pressure should build in that due to the height differentials so that a "jet" or stream of the water will shoot well above the funnel and if aimed right, will fall into the funnel. This will be continuous until the bottom carboy is full.

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8B40.60 - Galactic Jets

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