Spouting Can
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The spouting can experiment is a physics experiment designed to show that, according to Torricelli's Law
Torricelli's Law
Torricelli's law, also known as Torricelli's theorem, is a theorem in fluid dynamics relating the speed of fluid flowing out of an opening to the height of fluid above the opening....

, in a liquid with an open surface, pressure increases with depth. It consists of a tube with three separate holes in and an open surface. The three holes are blocked, then the tube is filled with water. When it is completely full, the holes are unblocked. The jets become more powerful and travel a larger distance the further down the tube they are.

Ignoring viscosity and other losses, if the nozzles point vertically upward then each jet will reach the height of the surface of the liquid in the container.

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