Coin and Feather Tubes

Photograph of feather and coin tubes
Apparatus:
small: luer-lock syringe, coin and feather tube
large: vacuum pump, coin and feather tubes

Description:
small: attach the syringe to the tube using the provided tubing. Evacuate the coin and feather tube with the syringe - the syringe may be detached at the midpoint without releasing the partial vacuum.
large: one tube will be evacuated while the other will be at atmospheric pressure. Remove the lock-pin from the frame and rotate the pair of tubes 180°.
This version of the demonstration requires much more prepartion time than the small.

PIRA 1C20.10