Enigma Box

The enigma box has two holes in the top, and in the bottom there is a tube sticking out. At 100 milliliters it started to drip, and the same at 200 mililiters. At 300 and 400 mililiters it was still dripping. But however at 500 milliliters the enigma box started a steady stream out of the tube. I thought that there was a valve in the tube only alowing water to go through at the right pressure. Then again I thought that there was a tiny hole not letting water go though vary fast until the right pressure. Hense the constant dripping. One of the holes was small and the other large.



The silk container was the same except it was bigger so it needed more water. They each had a tube coming out. The silk jug however had the tube coming out of the side. Still amazed on the fact that water wouldn't come out until the right amount. The silk jug finally worked when 700-800 milliliters where pored into the container.



We guessed that a valve was stopping the water, because the water didn't poor until the right amount. Many others had their bazaar ideas. One, for example was an elephant drinking the water until it drank too much. Others thought that the water was put pressure on a vary small hole. Many thought that it was a timer that would count and then let all the water flow out.



Enigma stands for puzzle, because people would usually guess that there was a valve or tiny holes or at least that's what I thought. That was at least until my teacher, Mrs. Casey gave me the answer to what was really going on in the enigma box. What it really was, was a tube that touched the bottom came up aways and then went back outside of the box. The water had to fill to the right height which enabled the water to go though and out of the enigma box.