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
For a moment, halting on the first of the steps, the Wilbur twin became aware that just beyond him, almost to be grasped, was a veritable rainbow curved above a whirling lawn sprinkler.
From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon
