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Reverse Rocket

M.6.10 Reverse Rocket

If a rocket chamber is evacuated instead of filled with fuel, will the rocket move by sucking air? A laws sprinkler connected to a vacuum line demonstrates the answer. See "Proof and Foop" in Epstein's Thinking Physics page 48, 2nd Ed. Prof. Forrester's article in AJP 54, 798, (86) or a copy in Art's Demo Reference book.

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