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mass of flying things
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Thu, 1 Aug 2002 19:42:45 GMT
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I think I know the answer to this already but I wanted to make sure with
the physics masters here.
If I have a sealed container with an organism flying around (not
resting) inside of it, can I weigh the container and get a mass that
includes the mass of the organism?
just wondering?
-c
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: mass of flying things
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| (...) There's that old story about the seafaring captain whose vessel was maxed out at 100 tonnes for cargo--but he could cary 200 tonnes of birds *if* he could guarantee that at least half of them would be in the air at the same time. Dave K (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: mass of flying things
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| (...) I'd think so. If it's a sealed container, then when the flying creature does whatever it does to fly (flap its wings, levitate, whatever) it's going to push against the air, which will in turn push against the container, yielding the right (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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