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Thomson’s theorem

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  • differential manometer, Torricellian barometer, and siphon
    In fluid mechanics: Potential flow

    …were it not for the theorem, first proved by Thomson, that, in a body of fluid which is free of vorticity initially, the vorticity remains zero as the fluid moves. This theorem seems to open the door for relatively painless solutions to a great range of problems. Consider, for example,…

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