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Centripetal Candles

Two candles on a rotating platform
PIRA 1D52.40

Materials: Rotating Platform, Candles, Glass Chimneys

Two candles are mounted on either end of the Cenco Rotating Candle device and shielded with glass chimneys. At rest the flames of the candle will be going straight up. Once you start rotating the platform, the flames will lean inward toward the center.