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Re: [Phys-l] STUDY SUGGESTS NO CHILD LAW MAY BE DUMBING DOWNSTUDENTS



I, too, went thru life (about > 50 years) thinking the pound was a unit of force. It is not, as pointed out by JD recently.

https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/archives/1999/10_1999/msg00645.html

"For what it's worth" Wiki. agrees w/ me also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound-mass

bc, disabused.



On 2008, Nov 04, , at 10:25, Rick Tarara wrote:

The technically
incorrect 2.2 lbs = 1 kg (formally the weight of 1 kg is 2.2 lbs) works
fine.