| Show ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SOUND NIA atra LJ the gentleman who has been jeryld tho the th ent of sounding so the ilver below niagara fall falls writes as follows another atte attempt was made with a similar iron of about fort fortye pounds weight attached to a no 11 wire all freely suspended so as not to impede the fall of the weight I 1 then hen let the weight fall fill froni front the bridge a height of feet it struck the surface fairly with the point down must have sunk stink to some depth but was not lon ion longer longen ar ont out of sight fight than about one second when it id maie made its appear appearance aaen on the surface about fet down stream and skipped alone along like a chip wiell it was wag checked by tile wire we then commenced hauling in in lowly slowly which made the iron bounce like a ball when a cake of ice ice sir fir stuck st uck k I 1 it aud and d enci ended I 1 the scort I 1 rm satisfied tia that t lic nic no 0 metal at ia a su ff elc ele ie n t specific gravity to pierce that current evea cven ev with the momentum acquired by a fall of feet the veo beocity city cily of the iron when tt liking jn roust liae have ilae been equal to feet per s cond landi lindi consequently its momentum 1 near 5 lais its surface opp opposed oed to the he current wak was was abond 50 aper kuper facial in finche in che clies this will give eive ah an i iaea idea 6 of the strength of that current and at the sano same time lime hint n at t the titan forces that have b been at volk work to scoop out the bei bel of the river |
