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25 Jan 07
Originally posted by FabianFnasCelsius, obviously. Kelvin aren't degrees, they're absolute units.
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?"
(Yes, I know what you meant, but...)
Richard
25 Jan 07
Your are all perfectly right, of course.
If I were to work with gold, then I adopt the same units as my collegues or I will be out of job pretty fast, I assume.
I don't like the non-SI units, like calories, horse powers, carats, and such. But I get along with it... Even in my profession we use non SI units.
25 Jan 07
Originally posted by Shallow BlueIsn'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.
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
By the way, which planet are you from?
25 Jan 07
Originally posted by HandyAndyBS.
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.
26 Jan 07
Originally posted by GinoJIt 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.
1 kg is 1 kg. it doesn't matter it is apple or plumbs.
It's all about gravity. Not density.
26 Jan 07
Originally posted by AThousandYoung1 kg can change if you are in the pole or on the equator so ultimately gravity.
Mass, not 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.