| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 1D52.00 | Deformation by Central Forces | | |
| 1D52.10 | flattening earth | PIRA 500 | |
| 1D52.10 | flattening earth | 1D52.10 | A hand crank spins a globe made of flexible brass hoops. |
| 1D52.10 | flattening Earth | Mm-4b | Flexible hoops flatten when spun on a hand crank rotator. |
| 1D52.10 | centrifuge hoops | Disc 05-22 | A flexible hoop becomes oblate as it is rotated. |
| 1D52.11 | flattening Earth | M-147 | Spin deformable balls. A clay/glycerin ball will burst, a sponge rubber ball will deform greatly. |
| 1D52.17 | empty jug by swirling | 8-5.2 | A jug will empty faster when swirled. |
| 1D52.20 | water parabola | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D52.20 | water parabola | 1D52.20 | |
| 1D52.20 | water parabola | TPT 12(8),502 | A rectangular plexiglass box partially filled with colored water is rotated. The parabolic shape is clearly seen. |
| 1D52.20 | water parabola | Mm-8 | A flat sided tank half full of water is rotated on a platform. |
| 1D52.20 | water parabola | 8-5.5 | A small self strobed rotating plexiglass container is used to project the water parabola. |
| 1D52.20 | water parabola | M-142 | A glass cylinder half filled with colored water is spun on a rotating table. |
| 1D52.20 | parabolid of revolution | Disc 13-17 | A cylindrical container with some water is rotated at a constant speed. |
| 1D52.21 | rotating water troughs | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D52.21 | rotation water troughs | Disc 13-18 | Two water containers are mounted on a rotating table. A rectangular container mounted radially shows half a parabola, and another formed in an arc of constant radius stays level. |
| 1D52.23 | rotating manometer | 8-5.1 | Tubing constructed in an "E" shape on its back is partly filled with water and rotated. |
| 1D52.24 | rotating manometer | M-150 | A U shaped manometer is mounted with one of its arms coincident with the axis of a rotating table. |
| 1D52.26 | project mercury parabola | M-143 | Spin a dish of mercury and image a light bulb on the ceiling. |
| 1D52.30 | balls in water centrifuge | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D52.30 | balls in water sentrifuge | 1D52.30 | Cork and steel balls are spun in a curved tube filled with water. |
| 1D52.30 | balls in water centrifuge | AJP 30(5),385 | Wood balls in two curved tubes, air and water filled, are rotated. |
| 1D52.30 | balls in water centrifuge | TPT 1(1),35 | Spin a bent glass tube filled with water that contains two wood or steel balls. |
| 1D52.30 | balls in water centrifuge | M-153 | Spin a bent glass tube filled with water containing cork and aluminum balls. |
| 1D52.30 | balls in water centrifuge | M-16d.3 | A glass bowl containing water, a steel ball, a cork ball is spun. |
| 1D52.30 | corks in water centrifuge | M-16d.1 | Spin a semicircular tube filled with water containing two corks. |
| 1D52.31 | inertial pressure gradient | Fl-7 | A bubble in a tube goes to the center when whirled in a horizontal circle. |
| 1D52.31 | centrifuge | 8-3.5 | A long thin tube containing a wood plug is rotated horizontal while either filled with water or empty. |
| 1D52.31 | balls in water centrifuge | 8-3.6 | A long thin tube containing a brass ball, ping pong ball, and water is rotated. |
| 1D52.33 | cork and ball rotating in water | AJP 53(9),915 | One cork is tied to the bottom, one ball is tied to the top of two cylinders full of water at the ends of a rotating bar. |
| 1D52.33 | rotating corks in water | M-16c.1 | Corks tied to the bottom of two jars full of water are first translated on a cart and then put on a pivot and rotated about the center. |
| 1D52.34 | car picture | AJP 56(11),1046 | A picture taken from inside a car of a candle, CO2 balloon, H2 balloon as the car is driven in uniform circular motion. |
| 1D52.35 | water and mercury centrifuge | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D52.35 | mercury/water centrifuge | Mm-4a | A globe with water and mercury on a hand crank rotator. |
| 1D52.35 | mercury/water centrifuge | M-159 | A spherical glass bowl is spun and mercury forms a equatorial band with water above and below. |
| 1D52.35 | water and mercury centrifuge | Disc 05-23 | Water and mercury spin in a glass sphere. |
| 1D52.36 | centrifuge | M-152 | Diagram for building a projection cell centrifuge. |
| 1D52.37 | centrifuge | Mm-7 | A hand cranked test tube centrifuge. |
| 1D52.38 | the full skirt | M-148 | Spin a doll with a full skirt or kilt. Cheap thrills. |
| 1D52.40 | rotating candle | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D52.40 | rotating candle | 1D52.40 | A candle is placed on a turntable and covered with a large plexiglass hemisphere. |
| 1D52.40 | rotating candle | AJP 37(4),456 | Make the rotating candle out of meter sticks and candles. |
| 1D52.40 | central pressure gradients | Fl-4 | A candle rotates in a chimney on a turntable. |
| 1D52.40 | rotating candle | 10-2.5 | A lighted candle in a chimney goes around on a dry ice puck string attached by a string to a pivot. |
| 1D52.40 | rotating candle | M-141 | A lighted candle in a chimney lamp on a rotating table will point to the center. |
| 1D52.40 | rotating candle | M-16d.2 | Lighted candles in chimneys are rotated about the center of mass. |
| 1D52.45 | geotropsim | 8-5.6 | Grow corn or wheat on a rotating turntable two weeks before class. |
| 1D52.50 | paper saw | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D52.50 | paper saw | 1D52.50 | A 6" paper disc placed on a dremmel tool cuts another sheet of paper. |
| 1D52.50 | paper saw | M-140 | Typewriter paper will cut through other paper, Bristol board will cut through wood when spun at high speeds. |
| 1D52.60 | rubber wheel | M-149 | A sponge rubber wheel with one spoke cut is rotated at high speed and viewed under stroboscopic light. |
| 1D52.61 | rotating rubber wheel | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D52.61 | rotating rubber wheel | Disc 05-25 | A rubber wheel stretches to a larger radius when spun. |
| 1D52.70 | wobbling Christmas tree toy | AJP 52(4),335 | A Lagrangian-effective potential solution explaining the behavior of this toy. |
| 1D52.90 | centripetal-centrifugal discussion | TPT 3(4),173 | A final (?) note on the topic from the editor. |