2008/11/28 Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/11/28 Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > A little nerdy Friday amusement... > > I saw an article about "Mystery of dolphins' speed solved" on BBC News. > > There was a small error - the measure of force was quoted in > "kilograms". > > I wrote a little email ... > > COMMENTS: Whoever wrote http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7748754.stm > > must have failed basic science. > > > > "kg" is a measure of mass, but the story uses "kg" as a measure of > > force. > > > > Force is measured in Newtons (N)! > > > > I got a nice email back this morning saying > > Many thanks for alerting us. This error has now been corrected. > > So, I went to have a look .. and they have changed "kg" to the imperial > > mass measure, lbs, and added "of force". > > lb-force is (was) an imperial measure of force, so they're perhaps > half-right.
Newtons are m·kg·s-2 Which is distance x mass / time squared , lbs is just mass, unless "of force" is a magical way of saying distance / time squared? > > Peter > > -- > Peter Bowyer > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
