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The physics of skipping stones (byu.edu)
67 points by phamilton on Sept 24, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 10 comments



An interesting application of this concept was in WW2 for bombing dams - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb


The OP has a video showing the different effects of bouncing 3 balls - with different elastic properties - on water. There are slow motion videos of the bounces and underwater views of the cavities created by different balls.

Very interesting, particularly liked seeing the movement of the projectiles up the the wall of the cavity that they create in the underwater shots.


Stone skimming world championship

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19678150


The location for this competition is a particularly attractive bit of Scotland - the island of Easdale. This is a bit surprising as the island (and the nearby village on what is almost the mainland, Ellenabeich) was once the location of a huge slate mining operation - presumably the source of all of the conveniently sized flat stones!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easdale

http://www.easdale.org/


They made a rock submerge and come out again? What the... I learned something.


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Sometimes I feel like there are no moderators or spam enforcement on this website.


Did you watch the video? That is the brand of ball he threw at the end.


Perhaps you haven't seen this guy's comment history.


is he a bot - not quite the same printf each time but its triggered by amazon searchable names in the title afaics


Are they interested how Jesus walked on water or what?




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