Chimneys Blow Smoke Rings (Feb, 1934)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1934
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1934
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Chimneys Blow Smoke Rings
To add an unusual touch to these Orvieto, Italy, chimneys, they were constructed on spiral lines so that the smoke comes out of them in graceful curves and rings.
I want to see the SMOKE RINGS! And GRACEFUL CURVES!!
Oh. It doesn’t really work that way? Nevermind . . . .
Comment by Don — February 27, 2008 @ 6:26 am
Maybe the chimneys lines are reminiscent of the famous helical double stairs inside the St. Patrick Well, an enormous reservoir built in the XVI century when the seiges were commonplace. The stairs runs around the shaft and are big enough to allow the passage of mules used for transporting the water to the surface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orvieto
Comment by gianfranco — February 27, 2008 @ 6:55 am
Its probably not the smoke being twisted because it went through the twisted chimney (OK, it isn’t at all), its probably the surrounding airflow being perturbed by the shape, and the smoke of course follows the airflow. Assuming the smoke ever did act that way.
With no wind, the smoke would go straight up out of those chimneys.
Dave
Comment by David — February 28, 2008 @ 3:45 pm