Gene Mechtly in USAM wrote:
>On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Joseph B. Reid wrote:
>>
>> ...at sea level at 45 degrees latitude kilogram-mass and kilogram-force
>> are equal numerically by definition.
>Joe,
> If you are saying that 9.8 = 9.8, or 9.80665 = 9.80665, I must
>agree that that is true there, or anywhere for that matter.
> But I continue to object to the implication by your statement
>that mass and force are somehow equal there or anywhere.
> You are attempting to make sense of an incoherent mix of units
>which is certainly *not* SI.
>Gene.
This discussion was not about SI, but about the obsolete "technical" metric
system. I should been more explicit. For a body to be attracted to the
moon by a gravitational force of x kilograms.force it would need to have a
mass of only 0.16x kilograms.mass. The kilogram.force is certainly not SI.
Joseph B. Reid
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