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Show LIMIT OF HUMAN STRENGTH. I Experiments upon a number of I men havo shown that a man five a L feet high and weighing 126 pounds w II will lift on nn average 15G pounds I through a ertical distanco of eight I inches, or 217 pounds through a I height of 1.2 inches. Others G.l feet I high" nnd weighing 183 pounds could I lift the 1SG pounds to a height of I 13 inches, or 217 pounds to a I height of bx inches. Other men I six feet three inches high and weigh- I ing 188 pounds could lift 15G I pounds to a height of 1G inches, or I 217 pounds to a height of nine I inches. By a great variety of ex- I pcriments it was shown that the I average human strength is equiva- I lent to raising 30 pounds through a I distance of two and onehalf feet in I one second. I |