Fill the bowl half-way with distilled water only. Make sure your hands are very clean, and wet them slightly before rubbing.
Rhythmically rubbing the handles of this ornate Chinese bowl sets up an energetic standing wave that will propel the water in the bowl up to a half-meter into the air! Click the link below to see a video of the spouting bowl in action.
Illustrates wave phenomena water surface
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Show how wave fronts crowd together in front of and spread out behind a moving source.
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Demonstrate standing waves in a two-dimensional medium.
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Demonstrate standing waves in a circular membrane. Read More
Demonstrate standing waves in a circular membrane.
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Demonstrate resonance in a dramatic way
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Show two-dimensional standing waves in a metal plate
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Show two-dimensional standing waves in a metal plate
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Show a type of interference pattern.
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Show color "interference" effects.
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Demonstrate the relationship between the wave velocity and the group velocity
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