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Re: I'm back... you may all run away from your monitor screaming,
Posted By: Darien, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Thursday, September 9, 1999, at 13:50:40
In Reply To: Re: I'm back... you may all run away from your monitor screaming, posted by Dave on Thursday, September 9, 1999, at 12:56:17:

> > > So that makes the conversion rate from pounds
> >to kilograms about Kg=(2.1)lbs in Earth's
> >gravity? That's kinda neat to know, I suppose, on
> >the off chance that I ever decide to use
> >kilograms for any reason.
> >
> > I think it's closer to 2.2 pounds per kilogram,
> >but I don't know the figure to any additional
> >significant digits, so take that for what it's
> >worth.
>
> And besides that, the kilogram is a unit of mass, not of weight. So 2.2 kilograms at 1g is the same as 2.2 kilograms at 2g or 0g or .6g. Can't say the same about the pound, though--you have to use slugs if you want to really talk about mass in the Imperial system.

Or you could use lb/g, which seems to make more sense.