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Re: summary of weight

. . .
Arguably an even better way to do it would be to imagine super-tall
scaffolding on rails, moving westward relative to the earth's surface so
as
to nullify the earth's rotation.
. . .
copyright (C) 1999 John S. Denker jsd@monmouth.com

It would seem that this would subtract coriolis and centrifugal inertial
effects from your g value. Are not these effects part of the chosen
frame?

Bob

Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor