Try the ton, short (907kg), metric (1000kg) and long (1016kg). All three are used in the USA for different purposes and by different organizations.
Most widely used is the short ton but naval ships are measured in long tons, grain production in metric tons. Apparently all refer to them simply as 'tons'.
I thought a metric ton was defined as the weight of a cubic meter of water at 4°C?
This is straight from Wikipedia, so it must be true (regarding air conditioning) :
1 litre of water weighs 1kg and occupies a cube of 10cmx10cmx10cm, 1 cubic meter holds 10x10x10 of those cubes or 1000 litres.
Of course the real issue is that in USA all three definitions of a ton are in use concurrently.
Of course the real issue is that in USA all three definitions of a ton are in use concurrently.
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Mho and the inverted omega should be banished once and for all. Conductance is measured in Siemens, which is abbreviated with a capital S. Not to be confused with seconds, which is abbreviated with a lower case s.
Don't get me started on propagation delays measured in Newton-Siemens (NS), Newton-seconds (Ns), or nanosiemens (nS). Prop delays are measured in seconds or nanoseconds (ns) if they're short enough.
Tom
As far as I know, ships are measured according to their displacement. I.e., a 100-ton ship will displace 100 tons of water. It has practically no relation to the actual weight of the ship.
Tom
Nope. I just destroyed field one 🙂So I'm back on field one 🙁
The thing you are trying to remember does not exist in the way you thought.
All of a sudden I see some positive things regarding being woke 😉 Let's cancel the patriarchal cisgender mho!!!
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Huh, really!? As far as I can tell, the SI is about the UNITS of physical properties, NOT about the symbols/variables used for the physical properties themselves.
The electromotive force (or any other physical property) can be expressed using ANY symbol/letter, as long as it is defined within the scope of a text or formula.
That might be true in theory/education but in practice it would make things a lot harder when everyone would use a random letter defined within the scope of a text or formula.
SI also defines the symbols.
SI also defines the symbols.
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Yes, any references to actual person names should be capitalized.
As you say, s for seconds, S for Siemens and my pet peave, F for Farad.
So it's 10nF, not 10nf.
And Fahrrad is bicycle in German ;-)
And it is 10kHz, not 10KHz or 10khz or any other combination. k stands for kilo, Hz for Mr. Herz.
Jan
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Farhhrad?! Maybe "Fahrrad" (bicycle) but the blokes name was Michael Faraday anyway. It was said his wife kept him in a cage. Probably just gossip.
Looking at the picture one can see similarity with the average audio DIYer 🙂
Looking at the picture one can see similarity with the average audio DIYer 🙂
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I stand corrected Fahrrad of course; Fahr from fahren, to drive; Rad is German for wheel. Easy when you think about it ;-)
I can still edit it out.
Jan
I can still edit it out.
Jan
Actually, the displacement equals the weight of the ship.
EDIT - this should have been far more precise, as we are discussing the issue: the weight of the displaced water equals the weight of the ship.
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I had this equation in memory too, but, water has rhe highest density at ca. 4°C and weights almost 1 kg…(disregarding temp or atmospheric pressure)
This is out of wiki of course: 3,98303 °C: 0,999975 g·cm^3
To add nonsense to fun: wonder if F(ahrrad) could be related to V(elo)…
As mentioned, only at the equator. Gravity drops a bit if you go towards the poles as the earth is a bit flattened. You can jump higher at the poles than at the equator ;-)
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Jan