How big is a glug? - Sizes

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A unit of mass proposed in 1957.¹ One glug is that mass which is accelerated by 1 centimeter per second per second by a force of one gram weight ... SharethispageonTwitter☙ SharethispageonFacebook glug Aunitofmassproposedin1957.¹Oneglugisthatmasswhichisacceleratedby1centimeterpersecondpersecondbyaforceofonegramweight,so1glug=ggrams=0.980665kilogram(wheregisthestandardizedvaluefortheforceofgravityonEarth’ssurface). Asthemassexperiencingunitaccelerationunderstandardforceofgravitywhentheunitofmassinthesystemistakenasaunitofweight,theglugwouldplaythesameroleinacgssystemthattheslugdoesinthefootpoundsecondsystem,andthenamecomesfromgram-slug. Sofarasweknow,theunitwasneveractuallyused. 1.EdwardW.Price. Lettertotheeditor:Newunitofmass. AmericanJournalofPhysics,volume25,number2,page120(1957). A.David. Lettertotheeditor:Bewareofthe“glug,”anewunitofmass. AmericanJournalofPhysics,volume26,number1,page41(1958). “The‘glug’...shouldcertainlynotreceiveaplacebelowthesun!” BlakeD.Mills. Lettertotheeditor:Newunitofmass. AmericanJournalofPhysics,volume27,number1,page62(1959). Millssaystheglugisapreexisting“phoneticunitof liquidmeasure”inindustrialchemistry,thatis,theamountofliquid dispensedfromabottlewhenitmakesthesound“glug.” X Sorry.Noinformationoncontributorsisavailableforthispage. home | unitsindex | search | contact  | contributors | help | privacy | termsofuse Copyright©2000Sizes,Inc. Allrightsreserved. Lastrevised:19November2003.



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