A Commonplace Book

Category: weight...

  • weight is the gravitational force of attraction on an object, caused by the presence of a massive second object, such as the Earth or the Moon
  • the weight of an object at the South Pole is slightly more than its weight at the Equator because the radius of the region is less
  • pulling your own weight
  • weight is the product of an object's mass and either the gravitational field or the acceleration of gravity at the point where the object is located
  • The Brain is just the weight of God-
  • For-Heft them-Pound for Pound-
  • And they will differ-if they do-
  • As Syllable from Sound- (Emily Dickinson)
  • From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. (Jacques Cousteau)

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