Experiment recreation (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Experiment recreation

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Engineers at Caltech recreated the experiment depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's journal, showing that if the motion of a pitcher pouring out water or granular material is accelerated at the same rate that gravity accelerates the falling material, it creates an equilateral triangle.

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