Re: mass as a verb

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From: [Joel Tassie]
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 05:03

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John said:

>I think I can make a pretty good case that that's
>exactly what a spring scale does and that, therefore, spring
>scales measure mass.

I totally disagree here.  Because if you go into outer space, where there is
no gravitation force, then what does your spring scale read?  Zero.  Does
that mean that the object doesn't have mass?  No.

A spring scale measures the force of gravity and that will change as the
gravitational field changes.  You don't get the same value.

Joel Tassie
Brookland Cayce High School
Cayce, SC

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