of Apples and Ounces

Posted by adam on Oct 22, 2008 in Blog | 0 comments

How much does this apple weigh? It started with a simple question to my weekly dinner party last Thursday night: what is the best way, using everyday household objects, to measure the weight of an apple as accurately (and repeatably) as possible? The units of measurement are unimportant, so long as they can be easily calibrated against a known standard (grams, etc). “That’s...