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- From: paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson)
- Newsgroups: sci.misc
- Subject: Re: Walk on Mercury?
- Message-ID: <1867@snap>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 09:43:10 GMT
- References: <1992Jul29.144611.23703@access.usask.ca>
- Reply-To: paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson)
- Organization: GEC-Marconi Research Centre, Great Baddow, UK
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- In article <1992Jul29.144611.23703@access.usask.ca> goldie@herald.usask.ca (Hugh Goldie) writes:
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- >If your swimming pool was filled with mercury, could you walk on it? (What
- >would happen if you tried it?)
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- You would fall over. Your center of balance would be above your
- center of boyancy and there would be no friction to help you keep your
- feet under you.
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- Paul.
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