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Re: mass of flying things
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sat, 3 Aug 2002 19:00:59 GMT
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Jeff Jardine wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Adrian Drake writes:
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Christopher Tracey writes:
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> > > 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?
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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 amount of mass for the whole closed system.
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> Mass would remain the same, but accurately measuring the weight might be
> tricky if the contents were bobbing up and down.
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> Here's someone else's answer:
> http://www.rain.org/~mkummel/stumpers/11dec98a.html
Cool, this is exactly what I thought. Cool link, since i was pondering
weighing a jar of flies. Thanks for everyones insights.
-c
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| (...) Mass would remain the same, but accurately measuring the weight might be tricky if the contents were bobbing up and down. Here's someone else's answer: (URL) J (24 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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