(Via @EdDriscoll) Newton’s Third Law: For every action there is an equal, and opposite reaction.
An excellent extension agent just shared this canning pic with me #canningdangerously pic.twitter.com/1jUaZ7C1wR
— Ben Chapman (@benjaminchapman) August 28, 2015
In this case, when the lid of the pressure cooker/canner decided to attempt to reach escape velocity the actual cooker/canner itself was pushed down. And it turns out that the stove’s surface did not have the structural integrity to withstand that particular sudden application of force. Which is why they say…
Although admittedly they’re talking about Newton’s First Law, there.
Check your pressure release valves, people. There’s a lot of power in steam. It powered the world for centuries.
Actually, it still does. Coal, nuclear, geothermal are all used just to heat water and run steam turbines; and hydroelectric uses the force of flowing water rather than steam.
+1
Hopefully no one was injured.