Re: ATM between a parabola & a sphere: computation

[Hermit <klowther@cisnet.com>]

Anthony Stillman wrote:
> 

> 
> The correct way to do this is to weigh the glass before and after figuring.
> I did just this one late November.  Standing on my bathroom scale, I held a
> 10 inch diameter spherically profiled blank in my hands and took note of
> the weight.  A few days later after visiting with family and friends and
> successfully figuring the blank into a paraboloid, I again stood on the
> scale with the blank in my hands.  To my surprise the figuring process had
> actually added several pounds to the blank.  I have no explanation for
> this, though I suspect some form of deposition process must have occurred.
> I hope, some November, to repeat this experiment and verify my results.
> 


At last a test  most of us can relate to.  You can figure you mirror by
eating/drinking an appropriate amount of our favorite consumables.

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Ken Lowther
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