Monday, September 28, 2015

Archimedes and a Boat Lift: the Falkirk Wheel


Published on Sep 28, 2015 Tom Scott

"The Falkirk Wheel sits between Edinburgh and Glasgow, in the southern parts of Scotland, and it's the world's only rotating boat lift. There's some very clever design going on here -- and some physics that goes all the way back to Ancient Greece."

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