Steamboat Puff Puff Steamboat

This small boat imitates a steamboat and is equipped in two nozzles which are connected and are placed in water when the steamboat floats. You have to pour water into one of the nozzles till it flows out at the other end.

You need to light the candle provided in the set and place it in the ship in such a manner that it warms the little container inside. This metal strip has been soldered to the nozzles containing water. When we place the boat on the water and wait for a moment the boat will start to move with a characteristic 'puff, puff' sound.

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The boat moves because the water in the tank starts to boil and is consequently expelled under pressure in form of steam from the nozzles. The water is sucked in from all directions, while the steam is removed (with considerable velocity) always towards back. That is why the steamboat sails forward.

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