(December 9, 2023 at 10:17 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(December 9, 2023 at 10:12 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Swing a hammer through a four foot arc and hit a nail, driving the nail into a board. Force through distance produces work. IIRC.
Yes. The force of gravity acting on the water, times the 160 feet of the drop that results, equals the kenetic energy the water gains , or equivalently the potential energy the water losses, as it goes over the edge and plunge to the bottom.
I'll be damned. Been a few decades since I elucidated that shit.
