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User: "Old Man"
Date: 25 Aug 2003 03:32:23 PM
Object: Re: Essential quantities
Donald G. Shead <u10889@snet.net> 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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User: "Pipex Newsgroups"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 29 Aug 2003 07:28:33 PM
"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message news:3f49200f_2@newsfeed...

Donald G. Shead <u10889@snet.net> wrote in message
news:iRo2b.33053$Vx2.14412737@newssvr28.news.prodigy.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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User: "Phaedrus"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 29 Aug 2003 08:03:48 PM
"Pipex Newsgroups" <no.thanks@no.spam> wrote in message
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"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message news:3f49200f_2@newsfeed...

Donald G. Shead <u10889@snet.net> 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]




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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User: "Phaedrus"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 29 Aug 2003 08:30:09 PM
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Donald G. Shead <u10889@snet.net> 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]




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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User: "Gene Nygaard"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 29 Aug 2003 09:12:41 PM
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 01:28:33 +0100, "Pipex Newsgroups"
<no.thanks@no.spam> wrote:


"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message news:3f49200f_2@newsfeed...

Donald G. Shead <u10889@snet.net> wrote in message
news:iRo2b.33053$Vx2.14412737@newssvr28.news.prodigy.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/
.

User: "Old Man"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 29 Aug 2003 09:12:26 PM
Pipex Newsgroups <no.thanks@no.spam> wrote in message
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"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> 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]
.
User: "Gene Nygaard"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 29 Aug 2003 09:38:17 PM
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:12:26 -0500, "Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net>
wrote:

Pipex Newsgroups <no.thanks@no.spam> wrote in message
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"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> 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/
.
User: "Gene Nygaard"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 30 Aug 2003 10:01:01 PM
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 15:45:01 +0100, "Phaedrus" <no.thanks@no.spam>
wrote:


"Gene Nygaard" <gnygaard@nccray.com> wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:12:26 -0500, "Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net>
wrote:

Pipex Newsgroups <no.thanks@no.spam> wrote in message
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"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message

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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]


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/


Well 1V = 1kg*m^2/(A*s^3)
using your formula Gene you would have units of ft*(lb*ft/s^2)^0.5 =
ft^1.5*lb^0.5/s
which is not the same units of voltage of M*L^2/(I*T^3)

Joe

Let's see--your M and L and I and T are *FOUR* base units. Shead's
system only has three base units.
Three base unit cgs systems were in fact used. People figured out how
to represent quantities such as current and charge and electromotive
force in these systems, with no base for any of them.
Units in three-dimensional mixed
Quantity cgs system
Q erg^(1/2)·cm^(1/2)
I erg^(1/2)·cm^(1/2)·s^(-3/2)
V erg^(1/2)·cm^(-1/2)
E erg^(1/2)·cm^(-3/2)
Where in terms of the base units, 1 erg = 1 g·cm²/s²
--
Gene Nygaard
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gene_Nygaard/
"It's not the things you don't know
what gets you into trouble.
"It's the things you do know
that just ain't so."
Will Rogers
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User: "Old Man"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 31 Aug 2003 03:01:49 PM
Gene Nygaard <gnygaard@nccray.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 15:45:01 +0100, "Phaedrus" <no.thanks@no.spam>
wrote:

"Gene Nygaard" <gnygaard@nccray.com> wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:12:26 -0500, "Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net>
wrote:

Pipex Newsgroups <no.thanks@no.spam> wrote in message
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"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message

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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]


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/


Well 1V = 1kg*m^2/(A*s^3)
using your formula Gene you would have units of ft*(lb*ft/s^2)^0.5 =
ft^1.5*lb^0.5/s
which is not the same units of voltage of M*L^2/(I*T^3)

Joe


Let's see--your M and L and I and T are *FOUR* base units. Shead's
system only has three base units.

Three base unit cgs systems were in fact used. People figured out how
to represent quantities such as current and charge and electromotive
force in these systems, with no base for any of them.
Units in three-dimensional mixed
Quantity cgs system

Q erg^(1/2)·cm^(1/2)
I erg^(1/2)·cm^(1/2)·s^(-3/2)
V erg^(1/2)·cm^(-1/2)
E erg^(1/2)·cm^(-3/2)

Where in terms of the base units, 1 erg = 1 g·cm²/s²
--
Gene Nygaard

A square Acre gives Acre^(1/2) = 209 feet, but cm^(1/2) is mind
boggling. One may as well institute a new unit, such as a unit of
charge. Consistent with cgs, Gaussian units include such as "esu"
and "statvolts", but someone has been reconfiguring history: Old
Man doesn't believe that "statvolts" preceded "volts". SI, with it's
three fantastical properties of free space, "ep0", "mu0", and "Z",
serves as nutrition for crackpots. [Old Man]
.

User: "Gene Nygaard"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 30 Aug 2003 10:06:05 PM
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 03:01:01 GMT, Gene Nygaard <gnygaard@nccray.com>
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 15:45:01 +0100, "Phaedrus" <no.thanks@no.spam>
wrote:


"Gene Nygaard" <gnygaard@nccray.com> wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:12:26 -0500, "Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net>
wrote:

Pipex Newsgroups <no.thanks@no.spam> wrote in message
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"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> 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/


Well 1V = 1kg*m^2/(A*s^3)
using your formula Gene you would have units of ft*(lb*ft/s^2)^0.5 =
ft^1.5*lb^0.5/s
which is not the same units of voltage of M*L^2/(I*T^3)

Joe


Let's see--your M and L and I and T are *FOUR* base units. Shead's
system only has three base units.

Three base unit cgs systems were in fact used. People figured out how
to represent quantities such as current and charge and electromotive
force in these systems, with no base for any of them.
Units in three-dimensional mixed
Quantity cgs system

Q erg^(1/2)·cm^(1/2)
I erg^(1/2)·cm^(1/2)·s^(-3/2)
V erg^(1/2)·cm^(-1/2)
E erg^(1/2)·cm^(-3/2)

Where in terms of the base units, 1 erg = 1 g·cm²/s²

I never did figure this stuff out well enough to know it off the top
of my head, so I should have cited a source where you can check it.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 58th ed., 1977-1978, pp.
F296-F298.
Gene Nygaard
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gene_Nygaard/
.





User: "Steve Ralph"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 25 Aug 2003 06:57:58 PM
"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message news:3f49200f_2@newsfeed...

Donald G. Shead <u10889@snet.net> wrote in message
news:iRo2b.33053$Vx2.14412737@newssvr28.news.prodigy.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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User: "Tom Potter"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 26 Aug 2003 10:31:48 AM
"Steve Ralph" <steve@steveralph.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message news:3f49200f_2@newsfeed...

Donald G. Shead <u10889@snet.net> wrote in message
news:iRo2b.33053$Vx2.14412737@newssvr28.news.prodigy.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




.

User: "Tom Potter"

Title: Re: Essential quantities 26 Aug 2003 10:53:44 AM
"Steve Ralph" <steve@steveralph.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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"Old Man" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message news:3f49200f_2@newsfeed...

Donald G. Shead <u10889@snet.net> wrote in message
news:iRo2b.33053$Vx2.14412737@newssvr28.news.prodigy.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.
=============
(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
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