Re: More and more weight/mass Units

[John Mallinckrodt <ajmallinckro@CSUPOMONA.EDU>]

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Richard Grandy wrote:

> Until recently there was a comparable monetary unit, some thing like a
> guinea=20 pounds.

So does that mean that an object with a mass of one slug has a weight
of 1.6 guineas on Earth?

                ;-)   <-   Added for clarity

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