Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-06-14 | Page 33 | How to Float Corks Vertically

HOW TO FLOAT CORKS VERTICALLY A wash basin or n bathtub and seven corks arc nil the apparatus needed for this experiment und It will I hope be none tho less I Interc3tln on account of Its simplicity sim-plicity The problem iu then how to cause these cork to float vertically Everybody knows that nn ordinary cork being considerably longer than It Is I broad Is forced to II out when put In water upon Its loiiff side How can wo make It host upon Its head Placo one of tho corks on end on the tn blii surround It with tho other ulx all upon end take these seen corks compactly com-pactly In ono hand nnd plunge them underwater under-water so as to moisten them completely Remoc your hand and let I them take their on position In the water I Tho wotcr that has penetrated the corks I will cause them to cling together because I their united width Is greater than their length This effect of capillary cohesion amusingly amus-ingly demonstrates that In union there Is strength