From: glird on
Since a force is a net pressure, and the textbooks say that weight
is a force, a gram is a unit of weight and force.  Another unit of
force is a dyne. The textbook definition of a dyne is “a ‘dyne’ is
that force which will produce an acceleration of 1 cm per second per
second when acting on a mass of 1 gram". ("Mass" denotes a quantity of
matter. As such, it too is a dimension.)
Though the quantity of atomic matter in different bodies is
proportionate to their respective weight, unstructured matter [now
called "dark matter"] has no weight. A gram, however, is a quantity of
weight, which is a force.  Therefore a gram and an ounce are the wrong
units of measure for a quantity of matter!
From: spudnik on
too bad, teh unit associated with the pound, had
to be associated with The newton -- the plagiarist,
the spook, the freemason, the corpuscular "theorist" ...

> A gram is a unit of mass.

--les ducs d'oil!
http://tarpley.net/online-books/george-bush-the-unauthorized-biography/chapter-8-the-permian-basin-gang/

--Light, A History!
http://wlym.com/~animations/fermat/index.html
From: Sam Wormley on
On 8/1/10 12:17 PM, glird wrote:
> Since a force is a net pressure, and the textbooks say that weight
> is a force, a gram is a unit of weight and force.

Pressure Units
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure#Units
From: nuny on
On Aug 1, 10:17 am, glird <gl...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>  Since a force is a net pressure, and the textbooks say that weight
> is a force, a gram is a unit of weight and force.  Another unit of
> force is a dyne. The textbook definition of a dyne is “a ‘dyne’ is
> that force which will produce an acceleration of 1 cm per second per
> second when acting on a mass of 1 gram". ("Mass" denotes a quantity of
> matter. As such, it too is a dimension.)
>   Though the quantity of atomic matter in different bodies is
> proportionate to their respective weight, unstructured matter [now
> called "dark matter"] has no weight. A gram, however, is a quantity of
> weight, which is a force.  Therefore a gram and an ounce are the wrong
> units of measure for a quantity of matter!

Where's Don Shead when we *really* need him? Even he got this right.


Mark L. Fergerson
From: Cwatters on

"glird" <glird(a)aol.com> wrote in message
news:979d3a06-9e2a-4b02-99ab-7ef56ded1a48(a)o7g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>Since a force is a net pressure, and the textbooks say that weight
>is a force, a gram is a unit of weight and force. Another unit of
>force is a dyne. The textbook definition of a dyne is �a �dyne� is
>that force which will produce an acceleration of 1 cm per second per
>second when acting on a mass of 1 gram". ("Mass" denotes a quantity of
>matter. As such, it too is a dimension.)
> Though the quantity of atomic matter in different bodies is
>proportionate to their respective weight, unstructured matter [now
>called "dark matter"] has no weight. A gram, however, is a quantity of
>weight, which is a force. Therefore a gram and an ounce are the wrong
>units of measure for a quantity of matter!

You confuse mass and weight.

A kilogram is a unit of mass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilogram

It's weight depends on which planet you measure it on.