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Air is heavy
The air filling Carnegie Hall weighs about seventy thousand pounds.
That is from the new Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and other Mysteries of the Atmosphere, by Gabrielle Walker.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on August 1, 2007 at 06:24 PM in Data Source | Permalink
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Actually, taking bouyancy into account, it doesn't weigh anything.
Posted by: Jigga Wha? at Aug 1, 2007 7:21:01 PM
Colloquially, "weight" is often used when "mass" is meant. 70,000 pounds of O2 at STP fills a cube about 28m on a side. That's a certainly a reasonable approximation to Carnegie Hall.
Posted by: David Wright at Aug 1, 2007 9:50:58 PM
What I've always thought more impressive about the atmosphere was how much pressure we're under right now. Press a 15 lb weight against a square inch of your hand. Well, that was just doubling the pressure it's currently under.
Posted by: Person at Aug 1, 2007 11:51:37 PM
Prof Cowen, unrelated qustion. When is your book coming out in India? I know lots of people who are waiting to buy it here but can't pre-order from Amazon.
Posted by: sa at Aug 2, 2007 7:03:31 AM
I am looking into your India question, it very likely will come out in India but right now I don't know exactly when. Thanks for your interest...
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