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> I suppose you could use archimedes principle in its original form to verify density of gold, sure, but I think GP was referring to transportability. Under 5.
by Kbelicius 5y ago
> I suppose you could use archimedes principle in its original form to verify density of gold, sure, but I think GP was referring to transportability.
Under 5. point, the one about density, GP wrote: "(This is a big one) Density[...] Why does this matter? Counterfeit currency, as was a problem with anything based on silver.".
What made you think that he was talking about transportability there?
- dnautics 5y agook fair. I didn't fully understand the point and wasn't aware that gold was, say, denser than lead. (not a metallurgist, just a biochemist), and I was fixated on the deficiency of point #1. Thanks for pointing it out. In either case, verifability of gold is thus a product of TWO easily assessed properties, not just one.