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Louis N. Howard and Hank Stommel demonstrate the effect of rotation on seawater.

Louis N. Howard and Hank Stommel demonstrate the effect of rotation on seawater.
Louis N. Howard and Hank Stommel demonstrate the effect of rotation on seawater.
Louis N. Howard and Hank Stommel demonstrate the effect of rotation on seawater.
Louis N. Howard and Hank Stommel demonstrate the effect of rotation on seawater.
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Louis N. Howard and Hank Stommel demonstrate the effect of rotation on seawater.
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01/01/1968
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Caption from Down to the Sea for Science, p. 97: As principal instructors for the 1968 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics program on the theme "general circulation of the ocean," physical oceanographers Henry Stommel (left) and Lou Howard (both on the MIT faculty at the time) hopped onto a turntable in the basement of Walsh Cottage to demonstrate the effect of rotation on seawater.
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