Monday, January 13, 2014

Helium Balloon

We recently bought Helium balloons, and these balloons were attached to a long, light stick or maybe straw. What this effectively accomplished was that the balloons did not float away even without tying them down.
Basically there are two opposite forces at work here; the weight of the stick which is heavier than the air and weighs down, and the weight of the helium which is lighter than the air and as a result causes it to rise. And in this case the weight of the stick is enough to way the balloon down but not enough to drag it down to the ground.
In this particular case there are probably a few different ways to raise the balloon;
1. One can push or bump the balloon up and it will rise a little on its own and then settle back down.
2. A wind can blow and lift the balloon up.
3. One can chop some weight of the stick and it will automatically rise.
And the Nimshal to a Neshoma in a Guf is self-understood.

1 comment:

Menachem said...

Nice.
And, even if you hold the balloon down for so long you forgot about the helium, the helium is still there, silently waiting for you to let it express itself and pull you upward.