lawn sprinkler
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The Feynman sprinkler problem is typically framed as a thought experiment about a type of lawn sprinkler that spins when fluid, such as water, is expelled out of its S-shaped tubes or "arms."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
As the stars orbit and their expanding winds sweep outward, the dust spirals out like the jet from a lawn sprinkler.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023
You can build six models, including water-rocket cars, jet-propelled boats, a water gun and even a lawn sprinkler.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022
As his lawn sprinkler ran one summer day in 2019, “I heard this spitting and sputtering … like when you go down to the bottom of a glass with a straw,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
Old Haberland was the gardener, who pottered about in felt shoes and lived, in a measure, from the colonel's bounty, since he held sway now over nothing but the lawn sprinkler.
From The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
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