Recent content by tonyjames

Sorry for being flippant moassam, i was'nt being very helpful in contributing to your thoughts, i was really just emphasising that the human mind just doesn't seem to be capable of pondering time and infinity because life has always forced more pressing situations upon us. In my view it seems...

Maybe when you start work and get a mortgage you will once again remember what time is..

AS water is poured into a sealed container so long as the air can't escape (use a valve) then water should be forced through any other exit point (all under pressure inherent to the system ie, not altered by external forces other than the addition of water). a tube and raised container to...

Also any rubber like vessel with the air squeezed out will only draw water in/up due to the force of the atmospheric pressure pushing down on the surface of the water (same principle as a drinking straw). atmospheric pressure supports a coloumn of water 10m high at sea level, some thingsto think...

have you thought about capillary forces from an open tube? Trees have no problem transporting water and as far as i know capillary forces start the whole process off.

Some interesting comments , i'd like to add to the idea that heat plays a roll and maybe gravity even though the rocks can appear to move slightly up an incline. If the rocks are storing up heat during the day time and the ground is cooling rapidly at night (due to surface area) maybe it is...