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The levitating flame and the Davy Lamp

Steve Mould, 4 min, 95.6K views, Apr 21, 2016

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Like a magic trick, you can separate a flame from a bunsen burner. I use this effect to explain how a safety lamp works. Here's the Objectivity video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU9eCtuxyZw Visit my blog here: http://stevemould.com Follow me on twitter here: http://twitter.com/moulds Buy nerdy maths things here: http://mathsgear.co.uk