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On 15 Dec 2002 at 9:06, John Jaranson wrote: > A slug is the English standard unit of mass. > > 1 lbs (force) = 1 slug x 32.2 ft/sec2 (acceleration of gravity). To make the math work out, this needs to be: 32 lbs (force) = 1 slug x 32.2 ft/sec2 (acceleration of gravity) So that a slug is a mass which weighs 32 lbs in the earth's gravity. Pretty awful unit. Dave, didn't they make you study them when you were a student? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/