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From: "Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D., P.A." <cdub@_REMOVETHIS_erols.com>
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Subject: Re: Incredible! Anti-Gravity device works and is patented 01-31-2002
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W. Blaine Dowler wrote:
> 
> Rob Bowmaker wrote:
> 
> >> Fill a bucket with water, grab it by the handle and whirl it in an arc
> > above
> >> your head. If you do it right, you will stay dry. A mysterious force
> >> seems to glue the water into the upside down bucket. Scientists are still
> >> unsure about where this force comes from.
> >
> > It's called centrifugal force - unless I read the text wrongly.
> 
> You read rightly, although it's not actually a force.  The effects of
> inertia are often labelled the centrifugal force, but it's not a real
> force.  (ie. The water isn't pushed up, it just doesn't fall fast enough to
> leave the bucket.)

Conservation of angular momentum.  The water wants to keep moving in a 
straight line.  The bucket doesn't.  The bucket wins.