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Re: pound mass and pound force



On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Leigh Palmer wrote:

Am I the only oldtimer to remember pound as a unit of mass with the
associated unit of force being poundal?

No, and I remember the slug, too, as a mass unit associated with the pound.
I've now moved to a country where the slug ought to be the national bird,
however, and I've never seen one quite that big.

Contrary to the opinion of some of its residents, the BC coast is not a
nation.

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