Mass and Weight Units

[Vince Mrykalo]

> courses.  The gram which is taught in measurement labs is usually the
> "apparent gram", meaning that it is approximate to a true gram but has
> corrections for the gravitational force and barometric pressure (air
> buoyancy) for the particular altitude of measurement.  Unfortunately, it
> is difficult to measure a true gram of mass unless one is in a good
> vacuum and has corrected for gravity.

This is pretty interesting, but what kind of differences in the gram are we
looking at from one clime to another?

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vince mrykalo  rpt

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