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From: mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney)
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Subject: Re: Firewalking
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Date: Wed, 11-Jul-84 08:56:48 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 11 08:56:48 1984
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> 	We may have seen the same guy. The one I saw was a physics teacher
> who liked to put a little showmanship into his act. In addition to firewalking
> he took a gulp of liquid nitrogen (without swallowing) and exhaled the
> vapors, and also put his (wet) hand in a beaker of molten lead!

This same person wrote an article in Scientific American a while back
in which he explained the principle.  He also proposed a new final exam
for physicists: line up the degree candidates along a bed of coals with the
diplomas on the other side -- those who believe in the laws of physics will
be willing to cross and pick up their diplomas.
-- 

_Doctor_                           Jon Mauney,    mcnc!ncsu!mauney
\__Mu__/                           North Carolina State University