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Article #98Re: Walk on Mercury?
From: Arlie Davis
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:39
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:39
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> 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. Yes, mercury is *very* heavy. So, here's a second, related question: How deep could you fill a normal / common in-ground swimming pool before the bottom cracked from the pressure / weight? -- lrwx------ 1 aldavi01 emacsstu 9 Jun 6 12:43 .signature -> /dev/null
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Newsgroups: sci.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!darwin.sura.net!ukma!vlsi!starbase.spd.louisville.edu!aldavi01 From: aldavi01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Arlie Davis) Subject: Re: Walk on Mercury? Message-ID: <aldavi01.712528770@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> Sender: news@vlsi.louisville.edu (Network News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: starbase.spd.louisville.edu Organization: University of Louisville References: <1992Jul29.144611.23703@access.usask.ca> <1992Jul30.123759@sicsun.epfl.ch> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:39:30 GMT Lines: 15