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Sign in to annotate. Delete Cancel Save. Neither Coriolis nor 20th-century meteorologists said anything about bathtubs, yet there is a persistent belief that the Coriolis effect causes bathtubs in the northern hemisphere to drain with a counter-clockwise swirl, whereas our Australian cousins see a clockwise motion.

This is, unfortunately, not true. On the scale of a bathtub, the Coriolis force is several orders of magnitude smaller than just about every other factor influencing the water in the tub, such as the residual motion of the water, so if you see your tub draining counter-clockwise, it is certainly not the result of anything related to M.

We know of only one portrait of Coriolis, an engraving first image , supposedly based on a painting in the French Academy of Sciences that seems to have no online existence. Coriolis is sometimes dismissed as unworthy of the honor of having a force named in his behalf, as if he just stumbled on his discovery and did not see its implications.

However, one should note that when the French erected the Eiffel Tower in and chose to honor 72 French mathematical scientists by inscribing their names around the side of the first level, Coriolis was one of those chosen, and if you have a good eye, you can spot him right there in the middle of the southwest side fourth image.

It was done shortly before his death. The name of Coriolis was given, only in , to one of the streets of Paris, on the right bank of the Seine. Copyright - - Any reproduction prohibited without the authorization of the author. This Internet site is a private, unofficial site, resulting from the work of compilation of the works of various authors.

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