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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 444577, member: 15062&quot;]A quick off-topic physics lesson -</p><p><br /></p><p>Acceleration imparted by gravity is independent of the mass (weight) of an object.&nbsp; A light object will fall at the same rate as a heavy object.&nbsp; You can not judge the mass of an object by how fast it falls or tips a balance.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, the end of a popsicle stick balanced on a pencil is about 2 inches from the balance point and maybe .25 inches from the base it&#039;s resting on.&nbsp; I doubt that anyone could even come close to visually judging the time it takes for a full deflection.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is all discounting the effects of friction at the fulcrum.&nbsp; If you put a one-grain weight on a balance scale, the scale <u>will</u> react far slower than if you put a brick on the same scale.&nbsp; However, when balancing two nearly equal weights the affects of friction are negligible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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