Swiss Alpine Road Chaos - Page 2

philthy · 09-Jun-2006, 21:55

[quote=Athelstan]

The other day 125tonne piece of rock fell off a mountain onto the motorway and crushed two Germans in their car. The mountain needs to be "stabilized" and the road repaired.
(QUOTE]

Go on then....how did they weigh the piece of rock?

Athelstan · 10-Jun-2006, 20:28

Philthy
Easy - they measure the mass of the large rock - then weigh a tiny piece of the same type of rock and measure the mass of that little bit - then they simply multiple the weight by the difference in the mass of the two pieces.

philthy · 12-Jun-2006, 00:03

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Originally Posted by Athelstan

Philthy
Easy - they measure the mass of the large rock - then weigh a tiny piece of the same type of rock and measure the mass of that little bit - then they simply multiple the weight by the difference in the mass of the two pieces.

My mental vision of them levering it up onto a massive set of bathroom scales was wrong then?!

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09-Jun-2006, 21:55	#1
philthy Registered Forum User Big Twin Posts: 1,028 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Wirral Mood: Can't make me mind up [quote=Athelstan] The other day 125tonne piece of rock fell off a mountain onto the motorway and crushed two Germans in their car. The mountain needs to be "stabilized" and the road repaired. (QUOTE] Go on then....how did they weigh the piece of rock? Reply

10-Jun-2006, 20:28	#2
Athelstan Registered Forum User Mille Posts: 325 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Switzerland Mood: Abbia Divertimento---o0o---Cassaforte Di Soggiomo Philthy Easy - they measure the mass of the large rock - then weigh a tiny piece of the same type of rock and measure the mass of that little bit - then they simply multiple the weight by the difference in the mass of the two pieces. Reply