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|    Sylvia Else to Luigi Fortunati    |
|    Re: The weight in the elevator    |
|    04 Aug 18 22:24:15    |
      From: sylvia@not.at.this.address              On 5/08/2018 10:28 AM, Luigi Fortunati wrote:       > I entered the elevator, I placed an electronic scale on the floor and,       > after starting, when the elevator bought steady speed uphill, I weighed       > myself and the display showed 83.5 kg.       >       > I repeated the operation during the descent at constant speed and the       > display showed a weight of 83.2 kg.       >       > Is it a strange result or does it correspond to the theory?       >              I corresponds with the fact that electronic scales results are not       particularly reproducible, with a variation between measurements that is       less than 1% being not at all surprising. Vibration, muscle twitches,       etc. all contribute.              Sylvia.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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