Re: [Phys-l] Bad physics in National park

[John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>]

On 05/22/2009 07:37 AM, Scott Nara wrote:
> I'm curious here and am going to take a moment to make sure my own
> understanding is solid.  Are you arguing against a Bernoullian perspective
> or against their explaination of the Bernoullian perspective? 

Strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with Bernoulli's principle.

Alas Bernoulli's principle is often misused, but that is neither here
nor there;  the same can be said of Newton's laws of motion, which can
be misused in innumerable ways, as our students constantly remind us.

>  From my
> understanding, Bernoulli's principle is applicable here.  

Yes, it is.

The "National Park" explanation as described by Donald Smith was wrong
long before it got to Bernoulli.

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