Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Things don't go quite to plan as Professor Julius Sumner Miller tackles a favourite experiment on the ABC's classic science program Why It Is So in 1964. Stream more documentaries now on ABC iview: ab.co/ABCScienceDocos

Chapters:
00:00 Part 1: Testing Heat and Temperature
01:17 Crushed Can With Air Pressure
04:04 Supersized Attempt #1
05:40 Why Did It Fail?
09:57 Part 2: Why Did The Can Refuse To Collapse?
14:00 Supersized Attempt #2
16:05 IMPLOSION: Professor Reacts
19:44 Part 3: How Behave Under Heat
26:00 Steam-Powered Turbine: Hero's Engine in ActIon
28:09 The Flame Comes Back?!

These three episodes of Why It Is So were first broadcast in 1964 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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