Gauze Top Bunsen Burner, c.1874, (Inv. 45602). Who else used Bunsen Burners similar to this when heating things at school?
Name: Priyam
Age: 12
From: London, UK
Object: Jelly babies
Story: We did screaming jelly babies at school – we added potassium chlorate, a heated substance, to the jelly babies and they turned a lilac colour and screamed and then blew up.
Mmmmm, tasty. Photo credit: jelly babies by Sam Greenhalgh (license)