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Re: test problem



On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Bob Sciamanda wrote:

... why should adding gravity change the presumption in favor
of a "coil bound" spring?

It doesn't, of course, but 'tis the nature of nitpicking!

Seriously though, I do think it's worth remembering and at least
mentioning to students that many if not most *real* springs are
manufactured very purposefully to be coil bound due to the nature
of the application for which they are intended.

John Mallinckrodt mailto:ajm@csupomona.edu
Cal Poly Pomona http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm