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To: RHINO369
The English system is so weird that I'm not even sure what the main unit of mass is.

One slug is the mass accelerated at 1 foot per second per second by a force of 1 pound. So, roughly 32 pounds, equating to the roughly 32 feet per second per second acceleration due to gravity.

SD

160 posted on 05/15/2006 1:24:10 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

You've outed yourself on this thread. You've got a real job.


163 posted on 05/15/2006 1:40:04 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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