Ogden Daily Standard | 1892-06-08 | Page 7 | Strength of Limpets

strength of f limpers Lim pets some experiments have lately been made in england for the purpose of discovering the amount of force exerted in holding to a rock tho the by the limpet but limpets limpers were not chosen specimen specimens just taken at random and this la Is ho how W the the shell experiments were war 0 cola conducted ducted was bored and a delicate spring balance was attached to the crea creature ture a as a it lay on the rock by means of this the strain waa q gradually increased until the limpet came me away twenty experiments gave the following abell waa was average results the average square inches and the pressure rup slip ported wan was pounds per aqua square re inch to detach the animal a force equal to the surface ad inch of square pounds per hering to the rock was needed the cat eat aIll adhesive edve force noted was 71 1 pounds tare inch of toot s surface and the vAli square per PA Parsons esons Inch leastways least leas was per square W avi 11 y A A f rf J ai i