Giant Snail Ball

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Giant Snail Ball You may already be familiar with our regular Snail Ball, which is just over 2cm in diameter. However we have persuaded the master craftsman who makes them for us to create the Giant Snail Ball - 60mm in diameter! However we only have a very few of these. Although much bigger than the regular Snail Ball, it behaves in the same unusual way. Place it on the plastic channel (supplied) and you would expect it to roll down in the normal way. Well, this ball does roll, but it does so incredibly slowly. To an audience, it seems baffling why it should roll down a slope apparently in slow motion. You can pick the ball up, and it seems heavy, possibly solid. No clues if you shake it. However inside the ball, which is actually hollow, there is a viscous liquid and a smaller ball which is very heavy. When the Snail Ball rolls slowly down an incline, it is the smaller, heavier ball inside that determines the pace, and this is slow because of the viscous liquid. Obviously the slope cannot be too extreme, or the ball will simply slide down it and the 'snail' action cannot work. Either way, a beautiful product made by a master craftsman in Germany. Supplied in a smart presentation pouch, together with a sloping plastic channel. Watch the video... Made in EU In October 2010, Stan Wagon from Macalester College, Minnesota, wrote an article about the Snail Ball for Mathematics Magazine, which is published by the Mathematical Association of America. You can read the article here. Price: £420.00 [$663.60] (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

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