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brianbrian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net> Altus OK
Pray tell; write off list if you wish.
Panzers,
bc
Non vertically directed acceleration????
brian whatcott wrote:
At 16:40 9/27/01 -0600, you wrote:
PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:/snip/
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.
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
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net> Altus OK
Eureka!