"Gary Jackson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> I would be real interested if Wirt (or anybody else for that matter) knows
> how to calculate the density of a human being.
>
> Gary

Obtain a large calibrated tank. Mostly fill it with water.

Place a human being in it, free floating, and see by how much the water
level rises. A simple calculation will give you the displacement, and hence
the weight of the human.

Have the human dive under water, and see by how much the level has risen
from the empty position. A simple calculation, as above, will give you the
volume of the human being.

Divide one by the other.

Strictly, the water should be at a carefully calibrated temperature, so its
density is exactly unity. This might be quite cold. Also, the second
measurement may be rather protracted, and you may wish the subject to
breathe out before the measurement is taken, so the air in their lungs is
not mistakenly included.

You will also need a number of subjects, so that the density can be averaged
across a cross-section of human beings.

All in all, being the subjects for this sounds a much more suitable role for
the Board of Interex than voting its members' shares and/or saying what they
are supposed to be thinking, without ever consulting them....

--
Roy Brown

Glad *he's* not a member....

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