Re: apples and oranges

[brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>]

At 20:00 10/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
> ... why is it
> that mass times acceleration yields something useful when
> addition of mass and acceleration does not?
> ...
> Ed Eckel
> Georgetown Day School
It was found experimentally that a thing accelerates more if 
the motive force is greater or the mass is reduced.
 
This was modelled as a = x.(f)^n/y.(m)^s
 It was found that the values of the exponents n and s were 1
and the values of the coefficients x and y depend on the system
 of units chosen. For a coherent unit system, 
these relapse to a value of 1
so a = f/m
 This is a model that accounts for all variables of interest
no matter what their fruit status or identity.
 It has ascended to the status of "Law" 
(But this is merely a social convention)
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK