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Re: [Phys-l] definitions ... purely operational, or not

From: Robert Yeend <ryeend@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 06:05:49 -0800

As someone who grew up thinking of the slug as the unit of mass and pound as the unit of weight, what, then, is the accepted unit of weight?

Bob Yeend

On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:34 AM, John Denker wrote:

Recall that the pound is
defined as a unit of mass according to US law, and always
has been.

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