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Subject: Re: A couple of old Physics puzzles
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Rich Hammond writes:
> The earth rotates and the water piles up on the edge of the Americas
> on one side and pulls away on the other.  The gaps at the Horn and the
    Why?  This would only work if the rate of rotation were changing.  (I 
    guess it is, but not enough for the 10 ft. difference asserted.)
>Artic ocean aren't close enough to Panama to reduce the difference completely,
> so an imbalance persists (because of the earths rotation).  If the
> earth stopped rotating, I would expect the ocean levels to equalize.
    If the earth stopped rotating, I would expect the oceans to slop across
    the continents for awhile first.  Very messy.

Jeff Sonntag
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