A simple experiment to demonstrate a rarefied gas flow induced along an unequally heated wall is proposed. A flow along a vertical wall with a downward temperature gradient is detected by a small windmill. Transition from upward natural convection under atmospheric pressure to a downward flow in a rarefied gas is observed.
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