History
Taylor columns were first observed by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, in 1868. Taylor columns were featured in lecture demonstrations by Kelvin in 1881 and by John Perry in 1890. The phenomenon is explained via the Taylor-Proudman theorem, and it has been investigated by Taylor, Grace, Stewartson, and Maxworthy — among others.
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