Apollo: One gas environment?

Neil Gerace wrote:

I've seen kgf-m used as a unit of torque in car specs from
Japan, of all places. And they measure power in something
called PS. Anyone know how many watts in a PS? I think 1 PS =
750W, ie a "metric horsepower".

A PS (Pferdestärke) is the "metric horsepower". It is defined as 75
kgf-m/s, which works out to be 736 W or 0.986 "real" HP. It's
another ******* unit that is rapidly losing ground to the kW.

Jim Davis

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OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote:

...On the other hand, the Frogs ...

.... oh good grief. Enough with the bigotry. There is absolutely no
call for language like that around here!

Nick

In article ,
Jim Davis wrote:
Neil Gerace wrote:

I've seen kgf-m used as a unit of torque in car specs from
Japan, of all places. And they measure power in something
called PS. Anyone know how many watts in a PS? I think 1 PS =
750W, ie a "metric horsepower".

A PS (Pferdestärke) is the "metric horsepower". It is defined as 75
kgf-m/s, which works out to be 736 W or 0.986 "real" HP. It's
another ******* unit that is rapidly losing ground to the kW.

Two or three people have mentioned the car or small engine market
using kgf. Is this just in the popular literature, or in
peer-reviewed journals as well?

Nick

"Nicholas Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
...
In article ,
OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org
wrote:

...On the other hand, the Frogs ...

... oh good grief. Enough with the bigotry. There is absolutely no
call for language like that around here!

"You just leave the frogs standing!"
-- Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged

"Ami Silberman" wrote:

And a British baker is happy baking cookies in "Gas Marks". Are these
actually calibrated, or correspond to anything? It confuses me when I
watch
Jamie Oliver on the Food Network.

AIUI, yes, they are calibrated.

However, a real cook or baker depends more on what the food is telling
them than on arbitrary time-and-temperature settings.

True, and one reason for that is that most oven thermostats are off.

Another reason is that properties of foods can vary by quite a bit.
Bakers have it even worse because the enviroment in the kitchen can
further amplify these differences.

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

"Nicholas Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
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|
| Is this just in the popular literature, or in
| peer-reviewed journals as well?

I've only seen kgf on engineering data sheets. I haven't seen it in
peer-reviewed journals, thank goodness. In my opinion it needs to go away
altogether.

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The universe is not required to conform | Jay Windley
to the expectations of the ignorant. | webmaster @ clavius.org

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om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org writes
On Tue, 04 May 2004 01:00:22 GMT, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote:

And don't get me started on racks for computers. :-)

...Actually, I've found that buying the $99 storage rack starter set
at The Container Store has provided the best solution for
quick'n'dirty computer racks. Three shelves spaced evenly allows for
two shelves for eight servers, one 17" monitor, a 8-way switchbox, one
Altec-Lansing 550 DDS speaker & woofer setup, and a 12-port 10/100
hub, and *still* gives me room to hang my pants by the belt loop on
one of the rack corners.

Why do you want to hang your pants there, or shouldn't I ask? :-)
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"Jonathan Silverlight" wrote

Why do you want to hang your pants there, or shouldn't I ask? :-)

To dry them out? :P

"Nicholas Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
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Don't see why this has to be a flame-war ...

Hey, dude, welcome to the Internet!

"Malcolm Bacchus" wrote in message
.uk...
metres (not meters, please - you read those)

A point often lost on this side of the pond.