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Reaction jet: "L" tube rotates as water flows through it.

• A+50+15

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The Reaction Jet: Newton's Third Law. Glass Tube is free to Rotate. Tube is 70 cm. in length. When the water is turned on, water is jetted out of the nozzle of the glass tube, and the whole tube swings up.

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