Re: balances

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 16:40 9/27/01 -0600, you wrote:
> PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:
> > I prattle that though beam balances measure mass:
>
>
> Okay I am confused, maybe. Here is what I think:
>
> An equal arm or pan balance must have either a gravity field or
> accelerated reference frame in order to work. They will be calibrated in
> mass units as both sides have the same "g-factor" and the torques balance.
/snip/
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ken Fox


Hehehe...I thought of a couple of ways that a chemical beam balance
would provide a varying reading of the value of a milligram weight on
 one pan, depending on the accelerated reference frame in question.

But perhaps I should let it sit for a while.

Brian

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