[QUOTE=Dubslow;442396]The pound on the other hand, as Mark Rose correctly pointed out, is not a unit of mass.[/QUOTE]The pound can be a unit of force or of mass, it is a unit of mass once you start with another unit of mass. if the statement had been "this many pounds are that many Newtons on the moon" the unit would have been a unit of force. But it was the other way round : we started with mass and can compare it only with mass.

Jacob

[QUOTE=sdbardwick;442411][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot%E2%80%93pound%E2%80%93second_system"]The pound is a fine unit of mass.[/URL][/QUOTE]

Yeah... The imperial system is so much better than the SI system.

I call bullshit.

The only reason that the imperial system has survived is that humans can divide by 2, 3 and 4 quickly if trained. Dividing by 10 is easy.

Well... it is "finer" than the kilogram.
In the sense of "having a better granulation", hehe.
Because a kilogram is two pounds...:smile:

Edit, hey, the link points to "foot, pound, second system", where is the link to "foot, pound, first system"? :razz:

[QUOTE=LaurV;442464]Well... it is "finer" than the kilogram.
In the sense of "having a better granulation", hehe.
Because a kilogram is [U][B]two pounds[/B][/U]...:smile:

Edit, hey, the link points to "foot, pound, second system", where is the link to "foot, pound, first system"? :razz:[/QUOTE]
You know better than that. After all, a pound is 0.4545454545454545 kg, not 0.5. :razz:

[QUOTE=kladner;442470]After all, a pound is 0.4545454545454545 kg, not 0.5. :razz:[/QUOTE]Nope. Still wrong. Closer would be 0.4545454545454545[b][color=red]…[/color][/b]. Better would be 2.2[sup]-1[/sup], 100% accurate. [/pedantry] :razz:

[QUOTE=retina;442472]Nope. Still wrong. Closer would be 0.4545454545454545[b][color=red]…[/color][/b]. Better would be 2.2[sup]-1[/sup], 100% accurate. [/pedantry] :razz:[/QUOTE]

nope 2.2 is not the full conversion there's exactly( by weights and measures act) 453.59237 grams to a pound read the wikipedia on it.

[QUOTE=science_man_88;442475]nope 2.2 is not the full conversion there's exactly( by weights and measures act) 453.59237 grams to a pound read the wikipedia on it.[/QUOTE]You are right. Thank you for the correction.

[QUOTE=retina;442472]Nope. Still wrong. Closer would be 0.4545454545454545[B][COLOR=red]…[/COLOR][/B]. Better would be 2.2[sup]-1[/sup], 100% accurate. [/pedantry] :razz:[/QUOTE]
I bow before Your Evilness's Evil Wisdom! :bow: .....well...sort of...:razz:
[QUOTE]nope 2.2 is not the full conversion[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=science_man_88;442475]nope 2.2 is not the full conversion there's exactly( by weights and measures act) 453.59237 grams to a pound read the wikipedia on it.[/QUOTE]
Oops! :davieddy: ...and thanks! :smile:

[QUOTE=kladner;442479]I bow before Your Evilness's Evil Wisdom! :bow:[/QUOTE]Oops, well it appears that science_man_88 is the more wisdomful here ATM.

[QUOTE=retina;442481]Oops, well it appears that science_man_88 is the more wisdomful here ATM.[/QUOTE]
Agreed!