Hooray, Number 100. Well to celebrate this monumental occasion I have decided to make a Hero's Fountain and post some pictures and my first video. That's right we're going all out here for the 100th entry in the old blog. This maybe one of the cheapest Hero's fountains ever put together in the history or the world, total cost $0 (I borrowed the stoppers and tubing from work and used 3 old milk jugs).
The basic idea is once you prime the top cup and start the water flowing into the bottom jug, the water will fill it up forcing the air out and into the second jug, once the pressure in the second jug overcomes the head pressure in the pipe running back to the top cup, voila the water will flow, at least until the middle jug runs out of water. If there was just some way to transfer the water back from the bottom jug to the middle jug and the air back to the bottom then you could have perpetual motion. Well maybe I'll work on that for the 200th blog entry.
Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving.
The basic idea is once you prime the top cup and start the water flowing into the bottom jug, the water will fill it up forcing the air out and into the second jug, once the pressure in the second jug overcomes the head pressure in the pipe running back to the top cup, voila the water will flow, at least until the middle jug runs out of water. If there was just some way to transfer the water back from the bottom jug to the middle jug and the air back to the bottom then you could have perpetual motion. Well maybe I'll work on that for the 200th blog entry.
Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving.
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