Re: gravitational sensations--was Work/Energy theorem ?

[Vern Lindberg <vwlsps@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>]

J. D. Sample wrote:
> ... So the apparent weight is what is
> measured by your bathroom scale and, unless you put it in an elevator
> ..., your apparent weight equals the pull of gravity.

Surely you have helped someone gain weight by judicious application of a
thumb on the scale.  Dishonest butchers are renowned for this act!

You could also put the bathroom scale on a slight hill and see how its
reading changes with the incline.

I bring in an old bathroom scale specifically as a "normal force detector."

Vern Lindberg
RIT Physics Dept.