Re: Apparent weight

[David Bowman <dbowman@tiger.gtc.georgetown.ky.us>]

(Among other things) Leigh wrote:
>  ....                                      Perhaps David Bowman can
> help us out a bit. My particular orientation is to accept what I can
> describe without requiring a particular cause. It is utterly manifest
> that centrifugal force exists; how anyone can be oriented otherwise I
> can't understand.

Although I essentially agree with Leigh about things pertaining to this
thread including the existence of centrifugal force (in rotating reference 
frames), I think I'll pass up this invitation to further propel another cycle
of this perennial topic.  I have extensively expressed my views on this
subject in other posts during previous incarnations of this thread.  I assume
they are in the phys-l archives.  In case anyone wants to look some of them
up try searching for:

Subject: Re: Work/Energy Theorem ? (very long)
Message ID #: 199704051300.HAA19326(a)atlantis.cc.uwf.edu
Date: 05 APR 97 7:53:59 EST

and

Subject: Re: Force Sensors Must Measure Acceleration?
Message ID #: 199704091207.HAA07043(a)atlantis.cc.uwf.edu
Date: 09 APR 97 8:00:45 EST

Also, Herb Gottlieb wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 1998 13:27:39 EST David Bowman
> <dbowman@tiger.gtc.georgetown.ky.us> writes:
>
> > > ..... what the bathroom scale reads is an UPWARDS force.
>
> My bathroom scale subtracts it own weight and then reads the 
> DOWNWARD FORCE it exerts on the bathroom floor.

I want to point out that the quote above that Herb attributed to me was
actually from Rick Tarara rather than me.  I merely quoted Rick's statement
and then reacted to it in my post.

David Bowman
dbowman@gtc.georgetown.ky.us