• I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
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    14 hours ago

    Not likely enough to be noticeable without special extremely sensitive instruments. The wax has low mass and is moving slowly. The glass container has high mass and is at rest. Mathematically, you could derive how much the lamp moves when a wax blob hits the top of the glass. In practice, it’s likely to be negligible.