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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
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Subject: re: HELP! Real life physics problem. (and car crashes)
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Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 12:52:01 EST
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> If it's in water the forces applied to the body are applied over the egg's
> entire surface and are proportional to the "depth" . . .
> [ suggests dropping egg in container filled with water adjusted by
> salt to equal the egg's weight ]
> It's my guess that the above could be dropped directly and the egg wouldn't
> break ...
> 
> 	Jim Easton (..!alberta!jim)

I'm reminded of a suggestion in the Daedalus column of New Scientist
(reprinted in the delightful book The Inventions of Daedelus) that
automobiles be filled with liquid and the passengers equipped with
wetsuits and SCUBA gear.  Talk about passive restraints!  For a
graphical demonstration of this, see Disney's Son of Flubber.