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Why are the risers on an escalator so much higher than on a standard staircase? The riser (the vertical part) of a normal household stairway is rarely more than 9 inches high. The riser of an escalator is generally around 12 inches. You'll notice this any time you have to walk up an escalator which has been turned off. Why are the risers so much taller?
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If you put a slinky on an escalator, will it will work? This comes from a question in issue 190 of that esteemed scientific magazine, Viz. I thought about it long and hard, about relative speeds, stationary motion, will it run out of steam...I honestly don't know the answer. Can anyone help?
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