Originally posted by FabianFnas When I ask a pupil how hot there is in the interiour of our sun I get the answer 14 million degrees. My counter question is allways - "Celcius or Kelvin?"
Originally posted by Shallow Blue If you want to have a go at the USAliens for having the wrong measurements, just mention that their pints are too small, the jessies!
Richard
Isn't it sad that, even during a discussion of weights and measures on a puzzle forum, ignorance and bigotry creep in? Yes, Richard, we are U.S. aliens -- 300,000,000 of us -- and proud of it.
Originally posted by HandyAndy Good problem. A pound of feathers is actually heavier than a pound of gold. Gold uses troy weight, feathers are avoirdupois. The opposite is true when you consider ounces. There are 12 troy ounces to a troy pound as opposed to 16 avoirdupois ounces to an avoirdupois pound.. so an ounce of gold is heavier than an ounce of feathers.
Originally posted by GinoJ 1 kg is 1 kg. it doesn't matter it is apple or plumbs.
It's all about gravity. Not density.
It has nothing to do with kilograms. The puzzle compares the weight of a pound of feathers with the weight of a pound of gold. Gold uses the troy weight system, which is not the same as the weight system used for everything else, including feathers. A troy pound weighs less than a conventional pound.
Originally posted by AThousandYoung Mass, not gravity.
1 kg can change if you are in the pole or on the equator so ultimately gravity.
Also, you will weigh one sixth in moon because the mass of the moon is six times lesser than the earth but your mass will remain same anywhere in the universe.
25 Jan '07 08:59
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