The Weight of the World

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Meanderer

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I have always wondered if we created a full scale model of the World, where would we put it? This morning, when I awoke and stood on the scale, I had the thought "If we were weighed in ounces....that would be the way the ball bounces."


11 Common Things That Weigh An Ounce
"An ounce is a very commonly used measurement, particularly when it comes to cooking, purchasing food, or weighing babies or small animals."

"However, without having anything to compare it to, it can be difficult to judge just how much an ounce is."

"Looking at some common items can help." (READ MORE)
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Q: Where do lost pounds go?

A: "If you lose 10 pounds of fat, precisely 8.4 pounds comes out through your lungs and the remaining 1.6 pounds turns into water. In other words, nearly all the weight we lose is exhaled. This surprises just about everyone, but actually, almost everything we eat comes back out via the lungs."

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CALCULATING THE MASS 🌏F EARTH: H🌎W Much D🌍ES EARTH WEIGH?

"It would be more proper to ask, 'What is the mass of Earth?' The quick answer to that is approximately 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (6 x 1024) kilograms."

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"The interesting sub-question is, 'How did anyone figure that out?' It's not like the planet steps onto the scale each morning before it takes a shower. The measurement of the planet's weight is derived from the gravitational attraction that the Earth has for objects near it." (READ MORE)
 
Weightless in Seattle: Behind the scenes with Zero G’s 727🛬
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“G Force One” coming in to Seattle’s Boeing Field on April 15, 2022. The Zero Gravity Corp. Boeing 727-200 allows passengers to experience weightlessness.

"The 727 first flew on Feb. 9, 1963 and entered service the following year. Since then, it has flown with roughly 300 operators in a variety of roles. Today, more than 30 remain in service worldwide, mainly as freighters, though there are a few flying in transport roles for various military, government and VIP operators. Additionally, Raytheon operates one as a flying testbed, and then… there’s G-Force One. Arguably the most unique (and I’ll just say it, COOLEST!) 727 out there, Zero G’s 727-200 has been specially modified to fly parabolic arcs, which allows passengers to experience true weightlessness – just like an astronaut in outer space." (READ MORE)
 
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"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. (Hebrews 12:1)"
 

FROM LAND TO SEA: THE JOURNEY OF TITANIC’S ANCHOR​

“With sunshine glinting on harness and lighting up the festive ribbons, the horses responded gallantly to the call, and amid a scene of great animation, the white-coated giant left its Midland home to join the enterprise and the perils of those that go down to the sea in ships, and to carry across mighty oceans the evidence of the prowess of the workers of South Staffordshire.”

"This is how the Dudley Chronicle reported the spectacle of the 16-ton anchor, destined for the White Star “Titanic” ocean liner, beginning its journey from Netherton to Belfast on Monday 1 May 1911."

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"Since the 1840s the landlocked Black Country region had been at the centre of the manufacture of anchors and marine chain. Noah Hingley & Sons Ltd, Netherton Ironworks, was one of the leading companies and had made anchors for the White Star shipping company before, for Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic."

"The Titanic anchor, however, was the largest they had made for what would be the largest ship in the world. According to the Dudley Chronicle, the work was supervised by Mr Osborne, manager of the cable department at the Netherton works. Gangs of men worked hard forging over a thousand feet of chain for the ship. It is well known that Hingley’s were not responsible for making the whole of the anchor however."

"Walter Somers Ltd of Mucklow Hill, Halesowen, forged the shank of the centre anchor because they owned more powerful steam powered hammers. Rogersons Ltd of Newcastle-upon-Tyne also cast the huge steel head of the anchor. Hingley’s however, made the remaining parts and assembled the whole together, with the main anchor measuring 18 foot 6 inches long and 10 foot 6 inches wide."
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Weighing the World – the Schiehallion Experiment​

It’s amazing to think that the weight of Planet Earth was calculated in the 18th century thanks to the Scottish mountain Schiehallion! Read how hardy, be-wigged, astronomers and mathematicians worked it all out with little more than the mountain, the stars and a pendulum.

One of the surveyors who helped with the experiment was Charles Mason, of Mason-Dixon fame.
 
Feeling powerless increases the weight of the world… literally

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"Scientists have found that people who feel powerless actually see the world differently, and find a task to be more physically challenging than those with a greater sense of personal and social power."

"Eun Hee Lee – a researcher working with Dr Simone Schnall at Cambridge’s Department of Psychology – carried out a series of tests in which volunteers were surreptitiously surveyed about their own social power, then asked to lift boxes of varying weights and guess how heavy they were. Those who felt powerless consistently perceived the weight of the boxes as much heavier than those who felt more powerful."

"The study is the first demonstration that power – a ‘psychosocial’ construct relating to the control of resources – changes peoples’ perception of objects; that how you feel about your social standing in a situation can influence how you see the physical environment" (READ MORE)
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