Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1893 — Pleasing Experiment. [ARTICLE]

Pleasing Experiment.

This is how to extinguish a candle without blowing or snuffing it out: Take A piece of thick copper wire coiled In a spiral at the end. Fasten the other end to a wooden handle. Hold the wire so that the coll will be around the flame of the candle, and very quickly it will be extinguished. The copper, by its great conductivity, takes the heat away from the flame and cools it so rapidly that the temperature falls below the point of ignition and the light goes out.