Essential quantities

Donald G. Shead wrote in message
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The essential quantity of a body of material substance is that it has
three
dimensional extension: Length, width and depth:

A convenient measure of this extension is a foot; with multiples and
submultiples thereof; so that a cubic foot of pure water at its maximum
density weighs 62.4 pounds; where the pound is a convenient quantity of
weight in that 1 pound is the weight of two common measuring cupfuls of
water; which multiples and submultiples of a pound are convenient measures
for preparing all sorts of lightweight and heavyweight commodities.

A convenient quantity of time is the day, which multiples and submultiples
are convenient for timing all manner of phenomena.

Other quantities can be derived from measures of these three quantities.
Such as a slug is the mass and/or inertia of the ratio of [1# per (1
foot/sec²)].

Furthermore every step we take, and every move we make is governed by the
inescapable force of gravity; which is the cause of free fall: Where the
acceleration of free fall is due mainly to the force of gravity.

Hey Shead! How much is 120 volts in units of foot-pound-seconds?
What would Shead write on a 20 Ampere fuse? [Old Man]

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Donald G. Shead wrote in message
gy.com...
The essential quantity of a body of material substance is that it has
three
dimensional extension: Length, width and depth:

A convenient measure of this extension is a foot; with multiples and
submultiples thereof; so that a cubic foot of pure water at its maximum
density weighs 62.4 pounds; where the pound is a convenient quantity of
weight in that 1 pound is the weight of two common measuring cupfuls of
water; which multiples and submultiples of a pound are convenient
measures
for preparing all sorts of lightweight and heavyweight commodities.

A convenient quantity of time is the day, which multiples and
submultiples
are convenient for timing all manner of phenomena.

Other quantities can be derived from measures of these three quantities.
Such as a slug is the mass and/or inertia of the ratio of [1# per (1
foot/sec²)].

Furthermore every step we take, and every move we make is governed by
the
inescapable force of gravity; which is the cause of free fall: Where the
acceleration of free fall is due mainly to the force of gravity.

Hey Shead! How much is 120 volts in units of foot-pound-seconds?
What would Shead write on a 20 Ampere fuse? [Old Man]

2 seconds

SR

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Donald G. Shead wrote in message
gy.com...
The essential quantity of a body of material substance is that it has
three
dimensional extension: Length, width and depth:

A convenient measure of this extension is a foot; with multiples and
submultiples thereof; so that a cubic foot of pure water at its
maximum
density weighs 62.4 pounds; where the pound is a convenient quantity
of
weight in that 1 pound is the weight of two common measuring cupfuls
of
water; which multiples and submultiples of a pound are convenient
measures
for preparing all sorts of lightweight and heavyweight commodities.

A convenient quantity of time is the day, which multiples and
submultiples
are convenient for timing all manner of phenomena.

Other quantities can be derived from measures of these three
quantities.
Such as a slug is the mass and/or inertia of the ratio of [1# per (1
foot/sec²)].

Furthermore every step we take, and every move we make is governed by
the
inescapable force of gravity; which is the cause of free fall: Where
the
acceleration of free fall is due mainly to the force of gravity.

Hey Shead! How much is 120 volts in units of foot-pound-seconds?
What would Shead write on a 20 Ampere fuse? [Old Man]

2 seconds

SR

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Donald G. Shead wrote in message
gy.com...
The essential quantity of a body of material substance is that it has
three
dimensional extension: Length, width and depth:

A convenient measure of this extension is a foot; with multiples and
submultiples thereof; so that a cubic foot of pure water at its
maximum
density weighs 62.4 pounds; where the pound is a convenient quantity
of
weight in that 1 pound is the weight of two common measuring cupfuls
of
water; which multiples and submultiples of a pound are convenient
measures
for preparing all sorts of lightweight and heavyweight commodities.

A convenient quantity of time is the day, which multiples and
submultiples
are convenient for timing all manner of phenomena.

Other quantities can be derived from measures of these three
quantities.
Such as a slug is the mass and/or inertia of the ratio of [1# per (1
foot/sec²)].

Furthermore every step we take, and every move we make is governed by
the
inescapable force of gravity; which is the cause of free fall: Where
the
acceleration of free fall is due mainly to the force of gravity.

Hey Shead! How much is 120 volts in units of foot-pound-seconds?
What would Shead write on a 20 Ampere fuse? [Old Man]

2 seconds

"Attention!!!
If (20 * 6.24 x 10^18) charge events per second are exceeded,
for X seconds, this fuse will open the circuit."

The X depends upon whether the fuse is a fast or slow blow fuse.

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(voltage * charge^2 / acceleration) has the dimensions of
(foot-pound-seconds).

so we could say 120 volts * (n * 6.24 x 10^18) charge events per second )^2
= x foot-pound-seconds * acceleration

I'll leave it to old man to figure out the rest.
There's probably a nice equation somewhere that
shows how much electrons are accelerated by voltage,
that can be used to stitch this thing together.

A good place to find the equation might be
at some oscilloscope web site. (Tektronix maybe)

--
Tom Potter http://tompotter.us

"Old Man" wrote in message news:3f49200f_2@newsfeed...
Donald G. Shead wrote in message
gy.com...
The essential quantity of a body of material substance is that it has
three
dimensional extension: Length, width and depth:

A convenient measure of this extension is a foot; with multiples and
submultiples thereof; so that a cubic foot of pure water at its maximum
density weighs 62.4 pounds; where the pound is a convenient quantity of
weight in that 1 pound is the weight of two common measuring cupfuls of
water; which multiples and submultiples of a pound are convenient
measures
for preparing all sorts of lightweight and heavyweight commodities.

A convenient quantity of time is the day, which multiples and
submultiples
are convenient for timing all manner of phenomena.

Other quantities can be derived from measures of these three quantities.
Such as a slug is the mass and/or inertia of the ratio of [1# per (1
foot/sec²)].

Furthermore every step we take, and every move we make is governed by
the
inescapable force of gravity; which is the cause of free fall: Where the
acceleration of free fall is due mainly to the force of gravity.

Hey Shead! How much is 120 volts in units of foot-pound-seconds?
What would Shead write on a 20 Ampere fuse? [Old Man]




For anyone interested :-)

The answer is 120V = 2847.64324851_lb*ft^2/(A*s^3)

Easy if you own a HP48G calculator... hahahha

Joe

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Donald G. Shead wrote in message
gy.com...
The essential quantity of a body of material substance is that it has
three
dimensional extension: Length, width and depth:

A convenient measure of this extension is a foot; with multiples and
submultiples thereof; so that a cubic foot of pure water at its
maximum
density weighs 62.4 pounds; where the pound is a convenient quantity
of
weight in that 1 pound is the weight of two common measuring cupfuls
of
water; which multiples and submultiples of a pound are convenient
measures
for preparing all sorts of lightweight and heavyweight commodities.

A convenient quantity of time is the day, which multiples and
submultiples
are convenient for timing all manner of phenomena.

Other quantities can be derived from measures of these three
quantities.
Such as a slug is the mass and/or inertia of the ratio of [1# per (1
foot/sec²)].

Furthermore every step we take, and every move we make is governed by
the
inescapable force of gravity; which is the cause of free fall: Where
the
acceleration of free fall is due mainly to the force of gravity.

Hey Shead! How much is 120 volts in units of foot-pound-seconds?
What would Shead write on a 20 Ampere fuse? [Old Man]




For anyone interested :-)

The answer is 120V = 2847.64324851_lb*ft^2/(A*s^3)

Easy if you own a HP48G calculator... hahahha

Joe


I should add the Ampere definition is changed from that current when
maintained etc etc gives rise to a force of 2E-7N becomes a force of
4.49617886199E-8_lbf (poundal force)

My posts in no way confer preference to the Imperial System even though I am
British. :-)

Joe

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Donald G. Shead wrote in message
gy.com...
The essential quantity of a body of material substance is that it
has
three
dimensional extension: Length, width and depth:

A convenient measure of this extension is a foot; with multiples and
submultiples thereof; so that a cubic foot of pure water at its
maximum
density weighs 62.4 pounds; where the pound is a convenient quantity
of
weight in that 1 pound is the weight of two common measuring cupfuls
of
water; which multiples and submultiples of a pound are convenient
measures
for preparing all sorts of lightweight and heavyweight commodities.

A convenient quantity of time is the day, which multiples and
submultiples
are convenient for timing all manner of phenomena.

Other quantities can be derived from measures of these three
quantities.
Such as a slug is the mass and/or inertia of the ratio of [1# per (1
foot/sec²)].

Furthermore every step we take, and every move we make is governed
by
the
inescapable force of gravity; which is the cause of free fall: Where
the
acceleration of free fall is due mainly to the force of gravity.

Hey Shead! How much is 120 volts in units of foot-pound-seconds?
What would Shead write on a 20 Ampere fuse? [Old Man]




For anyone interested :-)

The answer is 120V = 2847.64324851_lb*ft^2/(A*s^3)

Easy if you own a HP48G calculator... hahahha

Joe


I should add the Ampere definition is changed from that current when
maintained etc etc gives rise to a force of 2E-7N becomes a force of
4.49617886199E-8_lbf (poundal force)

My posts in no way confer preference to the Imperial System even though I
am
British. :-)

Joe


lbf (pound force) I should have said, a poundal is a pound force, ie weight
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Poundal.html

Apologies, I'm not used to using the Imperial System in all its glory. :-)

Joe

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Hey Shead! How much is 120 volts in units of foot-pound-seconds?
What would Shead write on a 20 Ampere fuse? [Old Man]


For anyone interested :-)

The answer is 120V = 2847.64324851_lb*ft^2/(A*s^3)

Easy if you own a HP48G calculator... hahahha

Joe

HP makes nice stuff. Even more archaic:

[volt] [Coulomb] = [horse power] [second] = [BTU]

But an English equivalent for "Coulomb" is required.
[Old Man]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 01:28:33 +0100, "Pipex Newsgroups"
wrote:


"Old Man" wrote in message news:3f49200f_2@newsfeed...
Donald G. Shead wrote in message
gy.com...
The essential quantity of a body of material substance is that it has
three
dimensional extension: Length, width and depth:

A convenient measure of this extension is a foot; with multiples and
submultiples thereof; so that a cubic foot of pure water at its maximum
density weighs 62.4 pounds; where the pound is a convenient quantity of
weight in that 1 pound is the weight of two common measuring cupfuls of
water; which multiples and submultiples of a pound are convenient
measures
for preparing all sorts of lightweight and heavyweight commodities.

A convenient quantity of time is the day, which multiples and
submultiples
are convenient for timing all manner of phenomena.

Other quantities can be derived from measures of these three quantities.
Such as a slug is the mass and/or inertia of the ratio of [1# per (1
foot/sec²)].

Furthermore every step we take, and every move we make is governed by
the
inescapable force of gravity; which is the cause of free fall: Where the
acceleration of free fall is due mainly to the force of gravity.

Hey Shead! How much is 120 volts in units of foot-pound-seconds?
What would Shead write on a 20 Ampere fuse? [Old Man]




For anyone interested :-)

The answer is 120V = 2847.64324851_lb*ft^2/(A*s^3)

Easy if you own a HP48G calculator... hahahha

Wrong. No amperes in the system Old Man was talking about. Didn't
you understand his second question?

I suppose it would be similar to the old three-base-unit cgs systems,
with the units of charge being erg^(1/2) cm^(1/2) and of electromotive
force erg^(1/2) cm^(-1/2). Except that unlike those cgs systems
where one of the three base units is a unit of mass, one of Dense
Donny's base units is a unit of force.


Gene Nygaard
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gene_Nygaard/

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:12:26 -0500, "Old Man"
wrote:

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"Old Man" wrote in message news:3f49200f_2@newsfeed...

Hey Shead! How much is 120 volts in units of foot-pound-seconds?
What would Shead write on a 20 Ampere fuse? [Old Man]


For anyone interested :-)

The answer is 120V = 2847.64324851_lb*ft^2/(A*s^3)

Easy if you own a HP48G calculator... hahahha

Joe

HP makes nice stuff. Even more archaic:

[volt] [Coulomb] = [horse power] [second] = [BTU]

But an English equivalent for "Coulomb" is required.
[Old Man]

I'd express the voltage in units of feet times the square root of
pounds force. But how many of these units would equal 120 volts?
Gene Nygaard
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gene_Nygaard/