Consider a pure element. On a balance scale, imagine that we can place one atom at a time in a pan. We have a standard calibrated mass in the other pan. We can (theoretically) place one atom at a time in one pan until it is balanced against the standard mass in the other pan. When we lift either the pan with atoms or the pan with the standard mass we feel weight. We feel the combination [mg] at location [g]
We feel at location [g], the cumulative resistance (mass) of the number of atoms in the pure object pan at that location. In this example the balance scale compares the resistance of a quantity of atoms to the resistance of a quantity of matter calibrated in mass units. Each atom in the pure object pan is uniformly acted upon by the planet attractor. Is this uniform action on each atom a consequence of each atom being identical in the pure object? Or is it a consequence of the planet attractor’s uniform action on atoms in general? The number of atoms in each pan need not be the same. In the pure atom pan we are measuring the cumulative resistance of the number of atoms. We call this “mass”, because we are measuring the cumulative comparative resistance of atoms in the pure object pan against the object in the pan calibrated in mass units. Is the mass of the calibrated object also the cumulative resistance of the atoms in that object? johnreed -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
