This is a well thought out and put together piece. I can see a lot of effort went into this. My favorite area is the thermometer and the wooden board you have placed it on.
the best part of this is the details in the bubbles in the right most bottom test tube... they originate at the flame, nice atention to detail!
Flash is easy to learn, but with the new studio 8, over $1000 dollars for the pro one i bought.
reminds me on the 'incredible machine' games back in the mid 90s;
nice idea for an animation
wow!!