{"id":4173,"date":"2021-04-15T16:02:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/2021\/04\/15\/bart-simpson-and-the-plughole\/"},"modified":"2021-04-15T16:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:02:12","slug":"bart-simpson-and-the-plughole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/2021\/04\/15\/bart-simpson-and-the-plughole\/","title":{"rendered":"Bart Simpson and the plughole"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text text_larger=&#8221;no&#8221;]Do you like the <em>Simpsons<\/em>? Well, I have loved them, ever since I was a child.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, in one episode (Bart vs. Australia), Lisa explains to Bart that, in the northern hemisphere, water flows counter-clockwise, and in the southern hemisphere clockwise, due to the <em>Coriolis force<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, the Coriolis force is an &#8220;apparent force&#8221;: a force that an observer sees on a par with other forces in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>But let&#8217;s get back to the point &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Well, no! The sink, like the bathtub, or the swimming pool, empties in too short a time to exert such force.<\/p>\n<p>It has even been calculated that to see the water flow in the other direction, it would be necessary for the tub to be completely symmetrical, in a room totally devoid of drafts, and to leave the water in the tub to &#8220;rest&#8221; between filling and emptying, for about 18 hours.<\/p>\n<p>However, Inox Bim manufactures <strong>stainless steel sinks<\/strong> for professional kitchens and more.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t waste water doing senseless experiments though!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2742 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LavelliArmadiati-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LavelliArmadiati-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LavelliArmadiati-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LavelliArmadiati.jpg 863w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text text_larger=&#8221;no&#8221;]Do you like the Simpsons? Well, I have loved them, ever since I was a child. Anyway, in one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}