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Article #89Re: Walk on Mercury?
From: Hans DU BUF
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 10:37
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 10:37
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In article <1992Jul29.144611.23703@access.usask.ca>, goldie@herald.usask.ca (Hugh Goldie) writes: |> I hope this is a new question --I haven't been on the net long. I heard this |> on a local radio station, but have not heard a good answer yet: |> |> If your swimming pool was filled with mercury, could you walk on it? (What |> would happen if you tried it?) I guess that walking upright would be impossible because you can't maintain your balance. Apart from that, mercury is a normal but heavy fluid so you might sink up to your ankles or a bit further. It would be very difficult to drown, but before starting to experiment I advise you to put on a hermetically closed diving suit.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!chx400!sicsun!sicsun.epfl.ch!dubuf From: dubuf@sicsun.epfl.ch (Hans DU BUF) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Walk on Mercury? Message-ID: <1992Jul30.123759@sicsun.epfl.ch> Date: 30 Jul 92 10:37:59 GMT References: <1992Jul29.144611.23703@access.usask.ca> Sender: news@sicsun.epfl.ch Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Lines: 13