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zachary_wolff@YAHOO.COM writes:I didn't realize it when I wrote my first message, but I think I answered
Why doesn't this effect show up in scales where the load is supported
ON a spring instead of FROM a spring. A standard bathroom scale
shouldn't function properly if the effect you're describing is really
happening.
One might attack this question as follows:Unfortunatly, this introduces the additional buoyancy force, which kind of
1. Review Archimedes' Principle.
2. Measure the weight of a mass in vacuum.
3. Measure the weight of the same mass in air.
4. Measure the weight of the same mass at various levels of submersion in
water.
5. Measure the weight of the same mass completely submerged in water.