Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Phil Cook v2 <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
> >> Just to act on the dumb side. If you use a graduated beaker with a candle  
> >> in it, add the water, and the second beaker, and then measure the water  
> >> height. Shouldn't the increase in temperature in the up-turned beaker  
> >> create a high-pressure that forces the water out from under it and thus an  
> >> increase in the water height as measured in the graduated beaker? So why  
> >> is the level of water forced out by the high-pressure less than the amount  
> >> 'sucked' in by the low-pressure?
> > 
> >   I didn't understand the question.

> Put two beakers on of different sizes. Shouldn't the cooling on the inside 
> beaker be offset by the heating of the outside beaker?  (Something like that.)

  Sorry, I still can't understand. Maybe a picture and an explanation could
help?

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                                                          - Warp

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