THE POWER OF FALLING WATER

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 40, 17 May 1907, Page 2

THE POWER OF FALLING WATER

By way of experiment, an American who is mentioned as ‘‘a sport and an acrobat,” made a wager in Vienna with an athlete that the latter could not endure the falling of a pint of water on his hand, drop by drop, in one spot, from a height of only three feet. The athlete had an enormous hand, almost as thick and tough as cowhide. But when about throe-hundred drops had fallen there was a change of opinion and at the four hundred and twentieth drop he gave up, declaring that he could no longer endure the torture.