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Old 07-11-2010, 22:27   #21
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Re: Would a lead lined coffin float?

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf View Post
Very hypothetical, Busman. You could also argue that if various gases were given off then the internal pressure would have been such so as to explode the coffin. Is there anyone here who does have knowledge of the rates of various gas discharges from a decomposing male body?
I know of a few town garbage/rubbish tips which have methane collection plants , catchs the gas produced by the buried rotting vegetation but never heard of it being a problem in a cemetry
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