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There's turbulence in the air..er..water?

Category: Prime Stream
Posted on: April 15, 2008 4:46 AM, by Selva

Big whorls have little whorls,
Which feed on their velocity,
And little whorls have lesser whorls,
And so on to viscosity

--Lewis Richardson

Poem quoted at Arunn's post on turbulence (in Tamil). Your southside smooth ride into turbulence.

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