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The inveterate tinkerer 1. Salt oscillator

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In this series of articles, the authors discuss various phenomena in fluid dynamics, which may be investigated via tabletop experiments using low-cost or home-made instruments. The first article in this series is about the salt oscillator — a hydrodynamic curiosity.

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  1. Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721 302, India

    Aditi Kambli

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721 302, India

    Chirag Kalelkar

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Kambli, A., Kalelkar, C. The inveterate tinkerer 1. Salt oscillator. Reson 22, 149–153 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-017-0445-6

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