[Phys-L] Re: Buoyancy question

[anngeorg at PACBELL.NET (Bernard Cleyet)]

probably sink faster than you think unless it's sunless or the steel
painted white or "really" cold.

bc,  Who, while skiing on shoes, on Dana Glacier, had to avoid the dark
stones below the surface, many w/ liquid above.

Hugh Haskell wrote:

> At 14:30 -0500 12/9/04, Fakhruddin, Hasan wrote:
>
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> > John, cal ME 'Slo' but what did you mean by that?  Did you mean iron
> > will not sink in 'glacier'?
> Well, yeah it does sink in "glacier," but very slowly. Slower than
> John's daughter would be able to observe in the time she could take
> away from her research to watch it.
>
> Hugh
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