From: Otto Stolz (Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 11:04:33 EST
Marco Cimarosti wrote:
> the mass or weight
> of a book do not change depending on whether someone is reading it or not.
> Consequently, the same weight corrections need to be applied also if someone
> *throws* the standard in a deep cave.
Beware: When the book is thrown at a large speed, the relativistic
effects must be taken into account. I hope that the editors took
pains to find a wording that will not upset anybody to the extend
that he would throw the book away at a considerable fraction of
the speed of light...
Best wishes,
Otto Stolz
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