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kibwen
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A googol-to-one gear ratio [video]
> one newton-meter (about the weight of one apple on a lever a meter away
Aside, but I'm delighted to learn that one Newton is approximately one apple's worth of force. :)
iamaelephant
on March 7, 2020
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Maybe if you have a very big apple. 1 nM is the force of 1 Newton (1kg on Earth) at 1 meter.
praptak
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Newton is 0.1 kg on Earth. (Approximately)
devenson
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you forgot g, 1kg weighs 9.8 newtons on Earth.
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Aside, but I'm delighted to learn that one Newton is approximately one apple's worth of force. :)