 Magnus PendelumA red ball is pivoted to the end of a pendulum. The ball is mechancal connected with the pendulum. So the ball sometimes rotates left - sometimes right. The magnus-effect gives the pendulum always an impulse in the correct direction to swing up. The magnus-effect was discovered in 1852 by the German physicist and chemist Heinrich Gustav Magnus. In football, golf and tennis it is helpful for the sportsmen, even if the spinning ball describes a bow in horizontal level. It has been tried once even to drive large sailing boats with enormous rotating cylinders (flettner sail). © All images, texts and the idea of the artists work are subject to the German copyright law and if pro rata the relevant collecting society and if pro rata the photographer. If you want to use something from this in any way, first contact the artist. © Bernward Frank, Photo Pit Görts | |||||
