Rupert's Drop
Middle's friend W came home from his amazing art school for Christmas and brought Middle a present.
W made it in glass-blowing class (I KNOW) and it's called a Prince Rupert's Drop.
Middle tried to describe it to me, unsuccessfully, and set up to explode it. (W exploded his in his kitchen which resulted in a very large, dangerous mess.)
As you'll see, Middle attempted to break the drop with a hammer at the heavy end before it occurred to him to put something hard under it AND aim for the fragile looking fine-as-a-hair end. (I later read that it is UNBREAKABLE at the heavy end.)
A spectacular explosion! In slow motion! Carefully contained in a cardboard box!
W made it in glass-blowing class (I KNOW) and it's called a Prince Rupert's Drop.
Middle tried to describe it to me, unsuccessfully, and set up to explode it. (W exploded his in his kitchen which resulted in a very large, dangerous mess.)
As you'll see, Middle attempted to break the drop with a hammer at the heavy end before it occurred to him to put something hard under it AND aim for the fragile looking fine-as-a-hair end. (I later read that it is UNBREAKABLE at the heavy end.)
A spectacular explosion! In slow motion! Carefully contained in a cardboard box!
Comments
My WV is hyperlob! As in, Middle gave that hammer a hyperlob and shattered that PRD!
Who knew?
(My wv is unwins - as in the PRD Explosion was NOT an unwin(s).) heh.
I shall sue.
I am in a constant AWE state here ...
Bellissimo!
Paola
We'll keep the health insurance at eye-watering expense, I guess...
I'm impressed that he got the contraption home - it's quite the gizmo.
Tissue paper wrapped around the non sharp end of a pencil, dipped in glue, and stuck to cardboard? Yes.
Actual blown glass which you are expected to explode?
*sigh*
I'm afraid not.
LM
xo