Re: [Phys-l] force or mass

[John Mallinckrodt <ajm@csupomona.edu>]

Minor correction:

I wrote:

> ... Suppose that a  body of mass 20 amu accelerates at 5 furlongs/ 
> fortnight/minute.  One can use F = ma directly to find that the net  
> force on the object is
> 100 amu furlongs/fortnight/month ... the result can be expressed  
> more simply and understandably as 4.60 x 10^-31 N

I should, of course, have written "100 amu furlongs/fortnight/ 
minute."  The rest is, I believe, correct.

John