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Re: merry memes

silvermouse

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Re: Whatcha smokin this afternoon??

Yakster

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Re: The useless information thread

https://youtube.com/6BoCt6vo558?si=0EAbdUrYfk9iQxxY
I briefly read what I believe to be the wikipedia page on this fountain and I found no reference to timekeeping. My apologies if I have posted fake history. I have to stop looking as my time to dawdle has ended. Feel free to research this topic yourself and post your results.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_the_Lions

I'm beginning to doubt the hydraulic principle that the video claims would drain the bowl. As described, (filling the bowl slowly) why wouldn't it simply start trickling down the s shaped drain and allow the water to remain at the current (full) level? If my commonsense understanding of common plumbing is correct it would only be able to drain the bowl if the bowl was somehow filled to a much higher than equal level and only then could the S drain form a siphon and drain the entire bowl. This bowl is supposedly filling slowly and would not create a higher level than the S drain and I believe that would be required for the siphon to take effect. If I slowly pour a gallon of water in my toilet does it siphon the bowl? No, but if I poured a gallon in fast or flushed the tank, creating a higher level quickly, the siphon would happen. Right?

My apologies for the ongoing edits and exposing you all to my current rabbit hole. At first, I thought the explanation of the design was impressive but now I'm convinced that the fountain would not work as described in the video without a float valve. Obviously, my hydraulic knowledge is limited to toilets.