Water Hill
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Description: Shows how centripetal force causes a body of liquid to take on a paraboloidic shape The water surface will become paraboloidic and the boat will be angled upward (to explicitly show the change in the water's surface). 
To try this simulation: Left-click and hold to start the tank spinning. Left-click and move the mouse up and down to increase and decrease the rotation. 

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