Fascinating facts about William
Watts
inventor of
Shot Tower
in 1782. |
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In 1782 an English plumber named William Watts saw a possibility by
watching water drip.
He realized that if he dropped molten lead far enough through the air,
it, too, would form into spheres. The surface tension of lead is a lot
higher than that of water, so it forms very perfect spheres indeed. He
saw that he had a new way to make buckshot. Source:
Engines
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