Re: What is weight?

[Leigh Palmer <palmer@SFU.CA>]

At 06:46 -0700 10/11/99, John Denker wrote:
> Hi Folks --
>
> The obvious answer is:
>        Weight is the gravitational force on a body.
>
> That's all.  Why make it complicated?

Well, John, that *is* complicated. Now that you've defined
it, how do you *measure* it? Albert Einstein says you can't.
I think he's right.

Leigh