[USMA:11119] Re: Mass and Force

[Gene Mechtly]

On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Joseph B. Reid wrote:
> ...
> This discussion was not about SI, but about the obsolete "technical" metric
> system.  I should [have] 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.
        Well stated this time, Joe. ("have" inserted at my liberty)
Gene.