Bill Hooper wrote in USMA 19356:

>Any gven number of pounds always has the same number of kilograms of mass IF
>we remain in the same gravitational conditions (e.g. on surface ot planet
>Earth) and IF we do not require extreme accuracy (only to the nearest
>quarter pound or tenth of a kilogram). Both conditions are expected for most
>such devices described here.


Why IF?  The pound is legally defined as a unit of mass.

Joseph B.Reid
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