A Curious Projectile Force

Abstract

HAVE you or any of your readers had an experience similar to this? I placed a half bottle of champagne, half full, in a basin in a lavatory, with cold water tap dripping in same, corked. About twenty-four hours later we heard a crash, and found that he bottle had literally jumped out of the basin through the window and out into the garden, breaking itself on the stone work beneath window. Now I know there would be nothing remarkable in a bottle bursting, but in this case not a particle of glass was found in the room, and the hole in the window-pane being so clean cut shows enormous velocity. The wine was a good brand and of the year 1892. A scientific friend tells me the facts are so unaccountable that I thought I would venture to trespass on your space.