If you lay a 2x4 of wood on something like a normal bathroom scale, and the wood is say, 20 feet long, will you get an accurate measure of its weight? I'm imagining so much of the mass will be being pulled toward the center of the Earth away from the scale, that some of it doesn't get measured? Or no?
FYI, I'm wanting to weigh my guitars because I want to buy a lighter one. I realize I can weigh myself with and without the guitar and subtract the difference, but I think it might be slightly more accurate if I can just lay it on a scale. Anyway I'm still interested in the physics question though.
FYI, I'm wanting to weigh my guitars because I want to buy a lighter one. I realize I can weigh myself with and without the guitar and subtract the difference, but I think it might be slightly more accurate if I can just lay it on a scale. Anyway I'm still interested in the physics question though.