Ever see a candle burn from both ends?

Posted on January 19, 2007 by madmarv

A video of a burning candle at both of its ends… via Digg

Watch the candle as it burns from both ends while balancing on a pin inserted through its center of mass.

The best diagram ever to fit on an index card via Digg

Not sure how I should write this one up, but it’s quite a piece of geometric philosophy.

Marv

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0 Responses to Ever see a candle burn from both ends?

  1. EastBayAnt says:
    January 22, 2007 at 6:38 am

    The index card diagram comes from the excellent Indexed blog at http://indexed.blogspot.com/. Lots more diagrams there.