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Re: Bernoulli balls
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Paul Orselli <[log in to unmask]>
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The smallest size Nerf/foam footballs are great "wobblers" in a
Bernoulli device also.


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On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Fournier, Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We also use the plastic "ball pit" balls. We have never used anything else to my knowledge and they work great for us.
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> Kathy Fournier
> Director of Science Education
> McWane Science Center
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> The small, hollow, lightweight, shiny plastic balls used in huge quantities
> in 'ball-pits' in play areas fly pretty well if your blower is reasonably
> powerful. They don't fly as high as a beach ball, but the bonus is that you
> can challenge people to see how many they can get airborne at the same time.
> Two is often easy. More is sometimes impossible. They are less likely to be
> taken away by visitors and they are much easier to keep clean and
> new-looking than foam plastic.
>
> Alternatively, you do know, don't you, that carefully chosen rimless plastic
> kitchen mixing-bowls and jello-molds (jelly-moulds where I live!) hover like
> UFOs...
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>> Subject: Bernoulli balls
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>> Hi all,
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>> We are looking for a good source of balls for our Bernoulli
>> blowers.  We have been using beach balls, but they don't
>> survive very long before developing leaks.  Thanks!
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