> Craig wrote to fmiser and clay directly: > Since my emails are not making it to okiebenz for some reason ...
Hmm. Odd. Well, then I'll leave your message intact rather than my usual heavy editing. > > fmiser wrote: > > > > The ball would ... be dropped. Not lowered slowly - but the > > usually 10 m/s^2 of gravity. > > There! I suspect most of you have now learned something new > > this year. > > Yes, thank you! > > But I must correct both you, > > From https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?gn, > standard acceleration of gravity is: > > Numerical value 9.80665 m/s^2 > Standard uncertainty (exact) > > From Wikipedia: > > At different points on Earth surface, the > gravitational speed gain ranges from 9.764 m/s2 to 9.834 m/s2[2] > depending on altitude and latitude I tried a couple ways to put "approximately" in with the 10 m/s^2 but gave up because I felt it made it to clumsy. I should have used a foot note!! [grin] > and Clay, > > K = deg.C + 273.16 > > 7 deg.C = 280.16 K > > Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
