Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2003-09-02 henningw@archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) thoughtfully wrote: >Pounds generally being a unit of weight, not mass. One pound on the >moon has a lot more ergs in it. > >In some circumstances pounds are used as units of mass, but that is >less common. The correct English unit of mass is the "slug". Sometimes we use lb-mass an lb-force where there may be an issue. I'm SO longing for the metric system...sigh...I'm still baffled that the early US created metric money and didn't go the whole way. I suppose even back then the financial/trade interests had sway. Ab - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html