pumice is the name of stone which never sinks in water.
pumice is the name of stone which never sinks in water.
name of stone which never sink in water?
pumice
Na
Na
the idea itself went back to classical times. pliny the elder in his naturalis historia, bk. vii (ca ad 70), translator philemon holland, says: hee philarchus reporteth besides of these kind of men sc. witches, that they will never sink or drown in the water, be they charged never somuch with weightie & heavie apparel.









































section::::as punishments for scolds.









































francois maximilian misson, a french traveller and writer, recorded the method used in england in the early 18th century:
dunking