[Research] Fluid Theory 2

[Smithers 388]

[[it is important to note that all research and development is displayed for the purposes of keeping out-of-character record for those interested in development processes. Unless otherwise specified, this technology is not public knowledge.]]

 

 

The Discovery Foundation henceforth affirms that scientific testing and observation have begun within the realm of Hydrofluctuation, and that significant progress has been made in determining the nature of how water reacts to various forms of stimuli.

 

The main points of this publication can be derived as such:

• The experimentation upon water and its interaction with a solid object in a closed space under controlled conditions.

• The establishment and explanation of a theory based off of these findings.

• The theoretical application of this theory.

 

Throughout the course of scientific trial, scientists affiliated with the Discovery Foundation have expanded the breadth of known reactions where the interaction of water with foreign objects is concerned.

 

The Discovery Foundation thus brands the concept of water displacement to be of scientific interest to the Discovery Foundation, and has conducted the following experiment thusly. The following is a paraphrasing, compilation, and summation of multiple documents associated with the experiment.

 

[[An image of a long, rectangular tube half-way filled with water is inscribed upon the parchment. Next to the tube sits a cube, as well as a sequence of notes that describe the width of the cube to be almost-exactly the width of the rectangular conduit.]]

 

A metal instrument, when submerged and subsequently removed from a body of water, will withdraw water from the main body in the form of smaller droplets. Water can, thus, be said to have a ‘sticky’ property. The reason for this is unknown. This shall be investigated at a later date.

 

A separate experiment was later carried out. A cube of the exact internal diameter of the rectangular vessel was machined. The quality of the machining of this cube was tested as such - the cube slid down the length of the rectangular vessel and eventually came to a stop two fingers-breadths above the surface of the water. It was thus certified that the width of the cube was exactly equal to the width of the rectangular vessel, as no water was able to escape through any gap between the vessel and the cube. It is unknown why object stopped *above* the surface of the water, as if held upwards by a phantom force, and not directly upon it. This shall be investigated at a later date.

 

With the machining of the cube confirmed as ‘to perfection’, the object was removed. A small hole, only three times the width of a single hair, was machined within the center of the cube. It could be stated, with great reliability, that this hole would serve as the *only* route through which water might escape from the object’s path. The clear rectangular vessel was filled halfway with water, and the surface of the water was marked via a line of blue-black ink on the exterior (the ink being derived from an animal traded from the Caliphate of Khalistein). The cube was then dropped into the half-filled vessel, and the process of sinking was observed.

 

The cube sank slowly through the vessel. Bubbles disturbed the tranquility of the water within for but a moment, and then no other disturbances occurred as the cube reached the bottom of the clear vessel. It became apparent to the observing scientists that the level of water within the container had risen and the new surface level was marked with ink. The water and cube were removed from the vessel, and a Foundation scientist noted a curious property - it seemed to the eye that the water displaced by the cube (as determined by the two markings) was almost exactly the size of the cube itself.

 

This experiment was later tested a second time to verify its accuracy. It was later replicated with vessels of greater and lesser size, and this effect was observed to be constant.

 

It is thus that the Discovery Foundation has officially derived the following theory:

 

The Theory of Hydrodisplacement

 

This theory states that water, in contact with an object, will experience a phenomenon coined by the Discovery Foundation as “hydrodisplacement”. This phenomenon is such that water, when in competition with an object for space, must have space with which to ‘move’ elsewhere, else the water will prove unyielding. As per observation in a controlled setting, the water ‘removed’ from an area is directly equal to the amount of space that the object in competition with the water takes up.

 

This theory has a very useful potential application. If the amount of water experiencing hydrodisplacement post-introduction of a foreign object could be quantified then, in theory, the exact size of the foreign object could also be measured.

It is thus that the Discovery Foundation declares it to be within its interest to develop a standardized scale of physical measurement for the purposes of scientific research and development. The Discovery Foundation henceforth commits itself to the development of this scale, to the benefit of accuracy in all degrees of physical measurement.

[hex37 737]

((Er, I'd need to do a history check, but the use of Graduated Cylinder in measuring sounds like one of those 'common sense' devices that should be public knowledge to begin with.))

[Dohvi 622]

Moved to the Archive. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.