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Old 10-22-2012, 10:03 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mort View Post
You are wrong. The ;; allows "pounds" to refer to pounds of force usually abbreviated lbf and pounds of mass (lb). In all scientific and engineering measurement systems, and by convention, the weight of an object is the force on the object due to gravity, measured in the same units as force. So 454 grams of mass on earth weighs 454 grams. 1 lb of mass on earth weighs 1 lb.
-m
Disregard my previous answer; this one is most probably correct.

Though sorry, mort, could you please answer my previous question?
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