Fire Safety System - Periodic Table of Videos

Treasures at the Royal Society are protected from fire by a combination of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon - as Professor Poliakoff discovers.

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[AttemptingToBeBusy]

He reminds me of Professor Farnsworth...

"That's my lab table, and this is my work stool, and over there is my intergalactic spaceship... And here's where I keep assorted lengths of wire!"

[ScrinMan]

1. Take Castro on a tour of the Royal Society

2. Turn on fire safety system

3. ????

4. PROFIT

[charukrsnadasa]

cheaper solution is use fire proof paints. Even better is to start builing Nader Khalili ecodome structures and be rid of matchstick houses altogether.

[tomaskvapil]

@SillyEddyPhotography but it is such a great story :). Honestly I would really really love to have the leaf :)

[SillyEddyPhotography]

I thought Newton's apple tree was a myth - Apparently he saw a comet making an orbit, and wondered what force was tugging it around the sun..?

[AlphaKiloFive]

@ScrinMan

The only thing you will achieve is to extinguish his cigar.

[AlphaKiloFive]

Newton's tree ? I thought it was a story written by John Conduitt 50 years after Newton formulated his theory.

[davidsquall351]

Cool I've never heard of this system. Always learn something cool from you guys.

[ohdippity]

@QwoPhasaArius My apologies. Sarcasm is hard to detect sometimes in forums. I wish you a long, happy and healthy life.

[ScrinMan]

@fixxxer113 Good day to you too sir! ^^

[fixxxer113]

@ScrinMan Apologies kind sir :)... Although from other responses that comment got, I think you realize that a lot of people thought you were serious and with good reason. Poor old communism has suffered alot because of fear mongering and really bad representation by some regimes (China, N. Korea, Russia etc.)... But that is not a conversation to be had in this channel. Good day to you!