Hey Adam, I decided: The ultimative weight unit for meteorites is the British "stone" (6.35kg = almost 14 US-pounds).
Imagine the ads: This stone has two stones. Total known weight: 30 stones, 120 stones were recoverd. Buckleboo Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - Please Ignore!!!! Way offtopic!!!! Statingthe OBVIOUS!?? > Hi Jerry and List, > > Oh, this is about metric versus the other standard (English). I thought it > was about something else. I come from an engineering background so it is > hard for me to think in any other system but metric. I will gladly do the > conversions for anybody who is confused or offended by the use of a metric > scale. It doesn't makes since to weigh a meteorite using grams and then > give its dimensions in another system. I guess you can't please everybody. > Thank you for clearing this up. > > All the best, > > Adam > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
