The air filling Carnegie Hall weighs about seventy thousand pounds.
That is from the new Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and other Mysteries of the Atmosphere, by Gabrielle Walker.
Air is heavy
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Actually, taking bouyancy into account, it doesn’t weigh anything.
What I’ve always thought more impressive about the atmosphere was how much pressure we’re under right now. Press a 15 lb weight against a square inch of your hand. Well, that was just doubling the pressure it’s currently under.
I am looking into your India question, it very likely will come out in India but right now I don’t know exactly when. Thanks for your interest…
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