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In article dubuf@sicsun.epfl.ch (Hans DU BUF) writes:
>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.


In a National Geographic magazine article from a while ago which described
the mercury industry in Spain, they showed a picture of a man sitting on
top of a large vat of mercury (don't do this at home :^) ).  As expected,
most of his body was above the surface.  I'm sure some mercury got stuck
into his clothes (I think they were factory clothes which were removed
before going home).

Jon

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