From: Stephen Posey (slposey@concentric.net)
Date: Tue 05 Feb 2002 - 20:37:24 EET
"Andrew O. Mellinger" wrote:
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> >Now, for example aluminum weighs about 170 lbs per cubic foot, so
I assume you typoed for "125.6 * 170"?
In any case, you're correct that the aluminum calculation is off; I must
> >assuming the cylinder is solid and of homogeneous construction it would
> >weigh about 5,024 pounds.
>
> Uh,
>
> 125.5 * 1270 = 21,352.
have missed a key on the calculator, thanks for pointing that out.
Stephen Posey
slposey@concentric.net
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