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The elliptical instability of a rotating fluid contained in a thick spherical shell has been excited in our laboratory by a tide-like perturbation of the flexible inner boundary. For an inviscid fluid, the growth rate of the instability is approximately proportional to the perturbation amplitude and the rotation rate. Development of the instability appears to be limited by the spherical outer surface...