The Dictionary Has Been Wrong About Siphons for 99 Years
 

The Dictionary Has Been Wrong About Siphons for 99 Years
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Dictionaries are pretty solid authorities about what words mean, but they overextended themselves when reaching a bit in the definition for the word siphon. The Oxford English Dictionary and many others have erroneously claimed that atmospheric pressure makes siphons work for 99 years, so*Dr. Stephen Hughes did some research to set them straight.

Dr. Hughes **ticed that the OED misidentified atmospheric pressure as the thing that makes siphons work back in 2010. Really, it’s gravity that causes liquid to flow up the short side of a siphon and down the long side, but the original definition for a siphon read, Read more...

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