
The SciencesJune 1, 1953
Quicksand
A brief account of where it occurs and how to get out of it. The principal point to remember when mired: lie down on your back so as to float atop the sand as you would on the water

Quicksand
A brief account of where it occurs and how to get out of it. The principal point to remember when mired: lie down on your back so as to float atop the sand as you would on the water

Paradoxes of the Mississippi
The water of the great river is generally assumed to be muddy, its bed rising above the surrounding country, its delta building out into the Gulf of Mexico. None of these assumptions is true