Yes, that is what I said, the ounce of gold is heavier even though the pound of feathers is heavier.
Marshall Terry Dickinson wrote: > Yes! - I remember that trick question well. But the second one is not > quite right - the ounce of gold is heavier as the Troy ounce is 31.1 > grams and the Avoirdupois is 28.3 grams. > > Regards Terry > > Marshall Dudley wrote: > > > > Once they had that, I would give them the riddle of which weight more, > > an ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers. They would guess feathers, > > but the answer is gold, since there are only 12 oz of gold in a pound > > and 16 of feathers in a pound. > > > > Real confusing. > > > > Marshall > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
