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Depending on which end of the scale you are interested in, the NIST would be an interesting place to work. How To Measure The Tiniest Forces In The Universe h
by shagie 2y ago
Depending on which end of the scale you are interested in, the NIST would be an interesting place to work.
How To Measure The Tiniest Forces In The Universe https://youtu.be/pXoZQsZP2PY https://youtu.be/pXoZQsZP2PY and World's Heaviest Weight https://youtu.be/_k9egfWvb7Y https://youtu.be/_k9egfWvb7Y - both from Veritasium.
From the expanded description on the heaviest weight:
> Before visiting NIST in Washington DC I had no idea machines like this existed. Surely there's an accurate way to measure forces without creating such a huge known force?! Nope. This appears to be the best way, with a stack of 20 x 50,000 lb masses creating a maximum force of 4.45 MN or 1,000,000 pounds of force. I also wouldn't have thought about all the corrections that need applying - for example buoyancy subtracts about 125 pounds from the weight of the stack. Plus the local gravitational field strength must be taken into account. And, the gravitational field varies below grade. All of this must be taken into account in order to limit uncertainty to just five parts per million (.0005%)