Yep I did overlook it sorry. Haha I might start losing my place as top poster of the month :P


Originally Posted By: paul

if you place a vacuum on that air at the top using a simple hand vacuum pump , what would happen to the guage pressure at the bottom of the pipe.

2) the pressure reading will drop because the pressure at the top of the water has decreased below 1 atm.


I vote for 2. And also vote for both reasons 1) and 2)


Last edited by kallog; 05/25/10 01:55 PM.