As we all know, the turn of the year is when apartment plants die. As everyone, I went on vacations, leaving my little plants – who are already at death’s door as a baseline – unattended. To make things worse, all my roommates went away at the same time, leaving the plants completely home alone.
This is a great article, but I don't understand why the “alien-limb-shaped labyrinth” was necessary. The argument you give for why the pressure at the outlet is constant doesn’t seem to depend on the shape of the bottle. It just requires that the air inlet be below the water level in the bottle. So why did you choose such an oddly specific shape? Is there some secret reason why that shape is optimal?
This is a great article, but I don't understand why the “alien-limb-shaped labyrinth” was necessary. The argument you give for why the pressure at the outlet is constant doesn’t seem to depend on the shape of the bottle. It just requires that the air inlet be below the water level in the bottle. So why did you choose such an oddly specific shape? Is there some secret reason why that shape is optimal?