[lug] Anyone else hate to get rid of old equipment?

[Zan Lynx]

On 6/8/10 4:40 PM, George Sexton wrote:
> Surface gravity actually varies based on your location.
>
> A Kilogram standard is only a Kilogram at 45 degrees N Latitude, Sea
> Level. Variation of latitude and altitude change local surface gravity.

<nitpick>As a unit of mass, the kilogram is a kilogram anywhere in the 
known universe.</nitpick>

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