Nope, it's not the air pressure from outside the bottle that does it. The burning paper heated the air inside the bottle. This caused the air to expand. When the paper stopped burning, the air cooled and contracted. This created a vacuum that sucked the egg into the bottle. It's the lack of air pressure in the bottle that sucks it in rather than air pressure outside the bottle pushing it though.
And this is why the new comment system sucks (pun intended)...My vote for how it works is oxygen was consumed, lowering the air pressure and sucking the egg in. Air doesn't cool fast enough to suck it in with a pop.
jayfarerJun 23, 2007
It would take a lot more than that to set the whole place on fire.
elcadJun 23, 2007
Hard-boiled or raw?
bruenigJun 23, 2007
RIP MitchOh wait, who are we pointlessly RIPing now?
calentiJun 23, 2007
Respect to Mr. Wizard.
Closed AccountJun 23, 2007
Nope, it's not the air pressure from outside the bottle that does it. The burning paper heated the air inside the bottle. This caused the air to expand. When the paper stopped burning, the air cooled and contracted. This created a vacuum that sucked the egg into the bottle. It's the lack of air pressure in the bottle that sucks it in rather than air pressure outside the bottle pushing it though.
kd1sJun 23, 2007
We'll see some more 'wizards' stepping forward once the Christian Fundamentalist war on science is concluded and the fundies lose.
djepikJun 24, 2007
And this is why the new comment system sucks (pun intended)...My vote for how it works is oxygen was consumed, lowering the air pressure and sucking the egg in. Air doesn't cool fast enough to suck it in with a pop.