On 29 Mar 2006 13:47:49 GMT, in uk.sci.astronomy ,
(Richard Tobin) wrote:

But as that article points out in the last paragraphs, this does not
apply to scissors where the blades are small enough and the motion
slow enough that the whole blade is moving before you start measuring.

Consider how small such a blade would have to be.

This - not the giant scissors which I had not heard of before - is the
case that I and (presumably) the original poster were considering.

Undoubtedly. Again, consider how small such a blade would have to be,
for the force to *instantaneously* be applied to the entire blade.

Mark McIntyre
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