...compare the absolute and gravitation measures. Def. In gravitation measure, forces are measured by the weights they will support. The unit is a pound weight,...weighs -g pounds, we infer that a body of mass M weighs M^ pounds, or that w = M g, and M = — . g It is easy to express any force in gravitation measure...

...a pound the unit force. Hence a force which will support 5 pounds is represented by 5. In general, in gravitation measure the unit of mass is the quantity of matter in a body which weighs g pounds, and forces are measured by the weights which they will support. From what has...

...a pound the unit force. Hence a force which will support 5 pounds is represented by 5. lit general, in gravitation measure the unit of mass is the quantity of matter in a body which weighs g pounds, and forces are measured by the weights which they will support. From what has...

...W is the spring-balance weight at sea level, 45° latitude, where 0 = 32.174, then M = W/32.174 and the unit of mass is the quantity of matter in a body weighing 32.174 Ibs. on a spring-balance at sea level, 45° latitude or 32.174 Ibs. on a lever balance anywhere....

...is the spring-balance weight at sea level, 45° latitude, where g = 32.174, then M = T7/32.174 and the unit of mass is the quantity of matter in a body weighing 32.174 Ibs. on a spring-balance at sea level, 45° latitude or 32.174 Ibs. on a lever balance anywhere....

...(Art. 24), so that (3) of Art. 20 becomes W P = t (1) To do so it will only be necessary to assume that the unit of mass is the quantity of matter in a body weighing g pounds, and changes in weight in the same proportion that g changes (Art. 24). Of course, the units of mass...

...forces are measured lg the pressure they will produce, and the unit of force is one pound (Art. 15), and the unit of mass is the quantity of matter in a body which weighs y pounds at that place where the acceleration of gravity is g. This definition gives a...

...represented by the number 3. On the same supposition — for the unit of force may be differently chosen — the unit of mass is the quantity of matter in a body weighing 32•2 pounds. This is an arbitrary assumption, but there are reasons for it which will be stated hereafter....

...compare the absolute and gravitation measures. Def. In gravitation measure, forces are measured by the weights they will support. The unit is a pound weight,...of a body weighing w pounds. Since a body of mass 1 weighs g pounds, we infer that a body of mass M weighs M^ pounds, or that w = M^", and M = -. , w...

...of mass is the quantity of matter contained in a body weighing 32-2 pounds. The so-called absolute unit of mass is the quantity of matter in a body weighing one pound. Let M denote the mass of a body measured by the gravitation unit, then its weight by the...