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Date:      Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:49:21 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu>
Cc:        Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Useful Metric Conversions
Message-ID:  <20000316234921.E248@parish>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161716490.58779-100000@peloton.runet.edu>; from brett@peloton.runet.edu on Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 05:18:07PM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161207140.31654-100000@moo.sysabend.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161716490.58779-100000@peloton.runet.edu>

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On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 05:18:07PM -0500, Brett Taylor wrote:
> Hi Jamie,
> 
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Jamie Bowden wrote:
> 
> > How many people could tell you the english unit of mass?  It's the
> > slug for those who are wondering.
> 
> Not always - pound is also sometimes used as a english unit of mass.
> Engineers....  you probably need to know this if you work at Lockheed.  
> 

IOW there's pounds and pounds-force (or poundals).

> (and no I won't explain that reference - go read about various Mars probes
> from NASA the last few years).  :-)
> 
> Brett
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