Talk:Water bridge

Example Needed

Are there any navigable aqueducts in the English speaking world which have the words "Water Bridge" included in their names, or are they all referred to as aqueducts? An example is needed because if there are none then this article has no reason to exist. The one aqueduct referred to as a water bridge is in Germany and does not qualify as proof that the term "Water Bridge" is in fact in use in the English language. Martin Cordon 01:19, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you, Martin. The term "Water Bridge" does not occur in my rather comprehensive Collins English Dictionary. Aqueduct has two relevant meanings: 1. A conduit used to convey water over a long distance. 2. a structure, often a bridge, that carries such a conduit or a canal across a valley or river. The only example I could find of "water bridge" in the English speaking world on the web was "Blue Water Bridge" - and this carries road traffic! I would vote to redirect this article to Aqueduct. Chris55 23:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also looked up water bridge in dictionary.com, Mirriam Webster and MSN Encarta and there was only one reference, in Webster's Revised Unabridged, and that made it equivalent to water table, not aqueduct. All the standard American dictionaries such as American Heritage, give both definitions for aqueduct, although interestingly most include pipes carrying water by gravity, a usage that it is not common among British engineers as far as I know. Chris55 15:46, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This redirect makes it hard for people to locate this topic. I would suggest a new article 'Navigable aqueducts' or including the text of this article in the Aqueduct article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mexicari (talk • contribs) 16:14, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request removing this ("Water Bridge") redirect then renaming what is currently named "Water thread experiment" to "Water Bridge".

This morning I watched a video which mentioned "water bridges". When I turned to wikipedia I wound up on a rather different page.

"Water Bridge" redirect should be deleted. The "Water thread experiment" page should be renamed to "Water Bridge". As a result "Navigable Aqueduct" should lose one of its current names.

I don't recall ever hearing "water bridge" from anyone who was not very new to the language.

The only term I remember being used to refer to a bridge for water to pass over other water is "flume", as in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_flume

The "technical material" I have found on the subject (aka "Water Threads") seems to favor "water bridge" instead.

https://www.pnas.org/content/109/41/16463

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/5/602/htm

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3518463

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231015252_The_floating_water_bridge

https://fyfluiddynamics.com/2012/02/the-interaction-of-electric-fields-and-fluids-can/

https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.4845

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/bending-distilled-water-with-static-electricity.559505/

Relevant current wikipedia entries:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_thread_experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigable_aqueduct

Subject matter relevance but not directly relevant to this request. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrorheological_fluid

Youtube video mentioned above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-T7tCMUDXU

I lack both the wiki-privileges and the wiki-skills appropriate for doing this myself.

As a newby I am not entirely certain how to publicize this to the appropriate audience. I am inserting a reference to this item into the talk pages for "Water thread experiment" and "Navigable aqueduct" (but not for "Electrorheological fluid").