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In reply to Mr. A. S. E. Ackermann's inquiry in NATURE, Sept. 8, p. 349: Some thirty years ago I gave a popular lecture on “Flat Irons and the Spheroidal State” at Birkbeck College, at the end of which I illustrated the ancient ordeal of fire by plunging my hand—up to the wrist—into about 80 lb. of molten lead. The lead must be hot—that is the secret.
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CHESHIRE, F. Can the Hand be thrust in Molten Lead without Injury?. Nature 122, 507 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122507c0
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