Re: CAT was Re: Salt Lake City?

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

That's what I thought too.  However, I found her on the deck at the
sliding glass door begging to be let in.  Curiously she is better at
flipping.  She doesn't arch her back and must be held sl. closer to the
floor to fail (~< 3 inches).  She complains vociferously, while TOC
thinks it's a game!

bc

"RAUBER, JOEL" wrote:

> The arthritic cat is no doubt to wise to put up with such shenanigans.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bernard Cleyet [mailto:anngeorg@PACBELL.NET]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:27 AM
> > To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
> > Subject: CAT was Re: Salt Lake City?
> >
> >
> > I forgot to mention that, when very young -- before I
> > understood angular
> > momentum (do I yet?) -- I experimented on our cat.  I found
> > (memory) that
> > only a few inches were necessary for the cat to successfully
> > land on her
> > feet.  I held the forepaws with my left hand, etc.
> >
> > Just tried this on our adolescent cat, Toc.  Can't find our
> > arthritic one,
> > Xochitl.
> >
> > report later.
> >
> > For a diagram, page search: cat;
> > http://web.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-gollin/dance/dance_physics.html
> >
> > bc
> >
> > Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> >
> > > I remember a "Scientific American"  article on this.  My
> > search resulted
> > > immediately in a more recent discussion.
> > >
> > > http://www.wonderquest.com/cat-falling.htm
> > >
> > > bc  who will attempt to find the article he remembers
> > >
> > > p.s. he remembers the article, as above does, discussed the
> > problem of
> > > conservation of angular momentum.
> > >
> > > Ludwik Kowalski wrote:
> > >
> > > > There was an article in The Physics Teacher, perhaps ten years
> > > > ago, about a mechanical model of a cat dropped in the legs-up
> > > > position.  The cat always manages to land in the legs-down
> >
> > cut