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Old 01-26-2005, 04:38 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Redlemon
Anyway, (and I have no links to back this up), from what I recall, the Coriolis Force is very very slight. The flush direction of a toilet will be much more affected by the shape of the toilet and the direction of the water jets.
This is correct. In a theoretical world where nothing else but Coriolis occurs, the water would go the other way. It's practically non-existent in the scope of a flushing toilet.
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