World's Heaviest Weight
How do you measure big forces accurately? By calibrating your force transducer on the world's biggest weight - 1000000 pounds of force. This machine ensures planes don't break apart, jets...
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An apple weighs about 1 newton, the world record for jet engine thrust is 570,000 newtons.And the Saturn V rocket that launched people to the moon had a thrust of 33,360,000 newtonsBut how can we measure forces this big accurately?Well, we need to ask this guy.Hi my name is Rick Seifarth I'm a physical scientist in the Mass and Force Group.Am I supposed to look at the camera?Sure.Okay.You can look at anything you like.Rick manages a dead weight machine that can apply 4,448,222 newtons.Why such a strange number? Because that's exactly equal to 1,000,000 pounds of force.There are twenty fifty thousand pound increments in this machine20 times 50 equals 1,000,000 pounds.Cumulatively that's 4.45 mega newton.Elsewhere in the world, are there larger mas...
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An apple weighs about 1 newton, the world record for jet engine thrust is 570,000 newtons.And the Saturn V rocket that launched people to the moon had a thrust of 33,360,000 newtonsBut how can we measure forces this big accurately?Well, we need to ask this guy.Hi my name is Rick Seifarth I'm a physical scientist in the Mass and Force Group.Am I supposed to look at the camera?Sure.Okay.You can look at anything you like.Rick manages a dead weight machine that can apply 4,448,222 newtons.Why such a strange number? Because that's exactly equal to 1,000,000 pounds of force.There are twenty fifty thousand pound increments in this machine20 times 50 equals 1,000,000 pounds.Cumulatively that's 4.45 mega newton.Elsewhere in the world, are there larger mas...
