To echo another's sentiment: Silly Metic system! :^)
At 05:40 PM 11/30/2004, you wrote: >A kilo is a measure of mass, not wieght. A kilo of mass with no >external net gravitational field is still a kilo of mass, even though it >doesn't weigh anything. A pound, by comparison, is a measure of weight, >which is gravity acting on mass. > >A pile of feathers is less dense than a lump of lead. If you set a kilo >pile of feathers on the ground, and a kilo lump of lead next to it, the >center of mass of the lump of lead would be closer to the center of mass >of the Earth. > >Now, plug that into Newton's formula for weight: >g*m1*m2/d^2 >and you get that the lead weighs just a teeny tiny eensy weensy >miniscule little bit more. > >Of course, you could always change this by laying all the feathers flat >and making a really tall skiny cylinder of lead or something, but I'm >mostly pointing all this out to be an absurd physics geek. :-) > >--Ben > >Ray Champagne wrote: > > How is that possible? > > > > My old Miami Vice watching days told me a kilo is a kilo...or am I missing > > something? > > > > Ray > > > > At 05:23 PM 11/30/2004, you wrote: > > > >>All else being equal,a kilogram of lead wieghs more than a kilogram of > >>feathers. Just not so much more that it'd be measurable by any means I > >>can think of. > >> > >>--Ben > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138337 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
