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Le 30 Sep 97 =E0 11:18, Rick Fincher a =E9crit sur Re: PP Nitrox Mixing in=
Doubles (fw:
> As usual, you guys missed the point. The REAL danger is the Coriolis for=
ce.
> You know, the force that makes toilet water spin clockwise in the Northe=
rn
> hemisphere when you flush, and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisph=
ere.
> If you put the tanks on their side, which way will the O2 spin? The only
> safe place to fill is no more than 10 degrees of lattitude away from the
> equator.
Last minute:
It has been firmly ascertainted by the Lawrence Livermore Gas
Dynamics Lab that this effect can be greatly minimized by setting the tank=
's
azimuth not more than three degrees and forty five minutes six seconds and=
a
half from the ecliptic plane (not the Earth's orbit plane), hence the
esoteric looking calendar charts posted on the diveshops walls.
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