PHYSICAL STRENGTH IN MEN AND WOMEN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1437, 23 July 1883, Page 2

PHYSICAL STRENGTH IN MEN AND WOMEN.

A series o| ver,y interesting observations! baje rpcqi]tjy \\k l } WW j". |ft"i <m" th» - n»l a 6vp mmH tfpWi posse§se(j by, fflpn a|}c- pjnen pf t|)j) ■ middle chase's,,thJsp,who,3« opdjftary '. occivnatlons have no£ : tended, |g any ,-' niarjcej} ■ development' p] WAW)M <pow"e> t :' As the result of careful oji:., semtions on pljfty.four men aiid, fifty, two women, taken from similar groups, it. was found that the ; strength • of' women was only three-fifths tlnvHf men. The instrument employed tp furnish these results consisted of--a balance which measured and recorded the forge with which a downward presabi-o'of %sk\M \M foViPeftial.to 1901 h, "&e i W&keat^wftif l Mle , W»ft : the average being 1261b,. :,, lt. was interesting to ntye tjiatWsh'qrwi; men web' neiifly |s" 4|Ms' ! fjj Ihij tiiller/'aAd tnat"f eris' was aft Am iliffertndo'of' 2^o' jjet^^ I! khe , 'itorca exerted ty the'right 'and' 'left hands; being the yt&M. jjfty-W(j \sr9mbn epmi'ned a,ri(l fes{e(l H^MpciiiwflWfl^iHiil i : W foHifd %Mlie tegtfi flf .till . stronpt was flnjy eqim! ft ft pfps'siiji' of 09|b r whi!st that of the weakest fell as.low as. 86lb; the ayerago of the : whole.number being 741b, as against the average of 1261b shown by tho men. The difference in.the power of the left aud right hands in women: averaged 131b,, ! |u ! |t w-%§ tainod; that' tpe ' short'or ' women proved' sligl% stronger' ! than"Vh'o's© bo mi%!ivppSpi?)ih- ! ! over women |ssg.well- known fflfiffl 4Vthp steng: est aflvQOftte fif t|e etpajity flf illfi sexes moreover, the ru> is found -taprp^ijin all wees and conditions of mankind, In those tribes In whioh women are Compelled to do the greatest amount of labor, and in which their 5 musculai 1 ' systemis developed by constant'e»«rt' cise, it never never reaches the strength' of that possessed by men. The in class 'o| 'ii|!alEi|}uali|''li|at; i|j ! p,pi(laj : strength (emßjo js !$ lyeakjef. bird?, on tj}e cpniraw/jn, §qme'faru||}Ba at least, the rpvepae f)oldv|Ofld,. Thqo •; in the birds qf prey,'tne',eagles.; «ndj' falcons, the females are larger, stronger, and more vigorous than the males, which, being-one-third smaller, were termed by the faleoners pf fold tiercels.