Show Cutting Things Under Water When science was in its infancy much tlr fjts fact was mixed with nonsense and IfJln > of the nonsense shows a wonderful ality A case in point is the recent publication of a nonsense bit that was Clrrenit at least forty years ago It is a reeip0 for cutting glass with shears or sctiSors The statement is that sheet jss can be cut with the greatest ease vithi a pair of scissors if the glass is kept 11uer Water and kept in a level position 1 11 lat there is not a word of truth in it ally til one may easily prove on a trial with I Result of dulling a pair of shears b fibre is one cutting process that can Ic better l done under water than out of her that is the Paring of onions el1laen pared under water the acrid tuammatjims > 60 Pleasant to the mucous orT Ida ° e of eyes and nose are dissolved Or held m the water But neither the is Ty or glass nor the power of scissors Is Changed by immersion in Avater Sci tItfmc j nerican |