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Re: database of accel due to gravity



OK, Jim, I'll bite. What's wrong with "acceleration due to gravity"?

Paul O. Johnson
Collin County College

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Green" <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: database of accel due to gravity


At 11:47 24 01 2001 , someone wrote:
I'd like to find a reference where you punch in a location and it gives
you
the local value for the acceleration due to gravity (the gravitational
field
strength). I presume something like this exists on-line somewhere, but
I
haven't been able to find it. Does anyone know of such a thing?

I propose that the entire list take a solemn vow not to use the phrase
"acceleration due to gravity" for the local gravitational constant, g, so
that in time we can stamp out this abortion.


Jim Green
mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen