When a glass cylinder is filled with water and a piece of thick paper is placed at the mouth and the cylinder is inverted, the paper dies not fall. Why ?
2 4212When water is boiled in a tin and its mouth is closed by a rubber cork, then on pouring cold water over the tin it is crushed. Why ?
1 3845When a water pump falls to draw water, a bucket of water poured into it sets it working. Why ?
3 4716Post New General Physics Questions
Explain why is there more friction when you push an object than when you pull it?
What is amplitude?
For projectiles fired at identical speeds but various angles from the ground, neglecting air resistance and the curvature of the earth, at what angle will the maximumhorizontal distance be attained?
What are the characteristics of black body? : quantum physics
What is meant by refraction of a wave?
Is their any rule in significant figures that maximum number of significant figures in a number are 5
Will a dc motor actually produce voltage if it is spun in reverse?
What is third law of thermodynamics?
Which element has the lowest melting point?
What is black body? : quantum physics
What is the order the following from the worst electrical conductor to the best electrical conductor: glass, rubber, iron, dry wood:
An ice-box is built of wood 1.75 cm thick, lined with cork 3 cm thick. If in the steady state the temperature of the inner surface of the cork is 0 ºC and that of the outer surface of wood is 12 ºC, what is the temperature of the wood-cork interface? The thermal conductivities of wood and cork are 0.2 W/m-K and 0.04 W/m-K respectively
Physicists most commonly call a mass moving in a straight line path as having:
When an object moves with constant velocity does its average velocity during any time interval differ from its instantaneous velocity at any instant?
Who first described how shock waves are formed?