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Dave Martindale wrote:
no_name writes: (It's almost like the old question about a pound of lead and a pound of feathers - they do both weigh the same.) However, a pound of gold and a pound of feathers do not. Due to the archaic system of weights&measures that uses a different unit with the same name for measuring precious metals. But a gram of gold and a gram of feathers *are* the same mass, and have the same weight in the same gravity. Dave OTOH, "the old question" was weight not mass. |
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