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DCS# 2B60.30NWU# F-7 Location:    1B3
title: Self Starting Siphon
aka: Tantalus cup

Description:
Beaker with a u-tube in center.   When the fluid is above the tube, the siphon starts, and does not stop until the fluid level is below the open end of the tube.

Questions:
    Would this work on the moon? (ie. with lower gravity?)
    Would changing the density of the liquid change the results?
     How is this like a toilet?
   
pix of set up