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Veritasium - Worlds Heaviest Weight

submitted by Mekanikal

7 years 6 months ago

How do you measure big forces accurately? By calibrating your force transducer on the worlds biggest weight - 1,000,000 pounds of force. This machine ensures planes don't break apart, jets provide required thrust and rockets make it to their destination.

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Fascinating stuff.

Also see Veritasiums last video about the measuring of the Kilogram https://videosift.com/video/America-Kilogram-Veritasium

Sciency stuff about the American kilogram - Veritasium has been added as a related post - related requested by eric3579.

Pounds? Feet?

Jesus America, get your shit together.

Kilograms. Metres.

Hell, you're measuring Newtons which are Kg/m/s^2 .... do you see lb or f in that equation?

This is why things crash into mars.

Yeah, I kind of get why the average american doesn't want to learn a new measurement system for shopping at the supermarket or driving.

But why do scientists or engineers still use it? To them it's just more conversions to do.

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