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	slug (unit) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about slug (unit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Obsolete unit of mass, equal to 14.6 kg/32.17 lb.
		It is the mass that will have an acceleration of one foot per second when under a force of one pound weight.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /slug%20(unit) (92 words)

	Slug (mass) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The slug is an English and U.S. customary unit of mass.
		The slug is part of a subset of coherent units known as the gravitational foot-pound-second system, one of several such specialized systems of mechanical units.
		Because 1 kgf = 9.806 65 N, the metric slug is 9.806 65 kg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slug_(mass) (167 words)

	Slug
		Other slugs are found on land, but their soft, slimy bodies are prone to dessication, so they are confined to moist environments.
		Commercial slug pellets containing metaldehyde or methiocarb are available, but are not approved for organic gardening as they can poison creatures further up the food chain.
		A slightly different from the last definition is the slug that is a bullet that has been reduced in diameter, or has become deformed, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sl/slug.html (531 words)

	* Slug - (Model Railroad): Definition
		A motive unit with no diesel engines of its own; draws power for its traction motors from an attached regular diesel engine--a combination used primarily for heavy freight yard work...
		Slug A small, ballasted, four or six axle unit, semipermanently coupled to a...
		Slug A small, ballasted, four or six axle unit, semipermanently coupled to a locomotive that does not have a prime mover,...
	en.mimi.hu /modelrailroad/slug.html (241 words)

	Units: S
		These are units of flow rate for gases, and the term "standard" indicates that the flow rate assumes a standard temperature and a standard pressure of 1 atmosphere.
		This unit was originally called the bit [2], because when the message is a bit string and all strings are equally likely, then the information content turns out to equal the number of bits.
		In SI units this is equal to exactly 37 becquerels per kilogram (Bq/kg), that is, 37 atomic disintegrations per kilogram per second.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/units/dictS.html (10421 words)

	slug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		One slug is a mass such that a 1-pound force acting on it will produce an acceleration of 1 foot per second per second.
		This unit, rather than the pound (as a unit of mass), is used as the system's unit of mass in order to make the system coherent.
		The slug was never used much outside of textbooks, which in one respect was unfortunate because using either it or the poundal would have helped to dispel the confusion between the pound as mass and the pound as force.
	www.sizes.com /units/slug.htm (111 words)

	Union Pacific Yard Slugs
		Slugs have been converted by the railroads for a variety of types of service, including flat switching, hump yard switching, and to enhance the tractive effort in low speed road service.
		The initial assignment of the 446/S5 ten-motor slug set to Los Angeles upon its completion in March 1976 allowed the reassignment of road units back to their intended service, such as GP30 720 which was on the LA hump, with SD24 415 in September 1975.
		The railroad found that a ten-motor slug could not directly replace two road units coupled back to back, and that the higher horsepower of two powered units was needed after all, contrary to the initial thinking that what was needed was the tractive effort from the extra axles.
	utahrails.net /webpubs/up-sw-yard-slugs.php (5827 words)

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		The basic units in the SI system are the units of length, mass, and time and are, respectively, the meter (m), the kilogram (kg), and the second (s).
		The basic units in the CGS System are the units of length, mass, and time, and are, respectively, the centimeter (cm), the gram (g), and the second (s).
		The unit of heat is defined as that quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit amount of water one degree.
	www.egr.msu.edu /erl/case/sections/ch_07_26_02a,b,c.htm (3776 words)

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		In CGS units, the unit of mass is the gram (g), while the unit of force is the dyne.
		The SI unit of energy is the joule (J) equal to 1 N·m.
		In SI units the fundamental viscosity unit is the mPa·s, which is exactly equivalent to a cp.
	www.pe.utexas.edu /Dept/Academic/Courses/SP2000/PGE383.24/Units.doc (2831 words)

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		Suppose the 2'x3'x5' empty unit has 62 ft^2 of interior walls, and the full one has 5 wire shelves with 24 vertical 3" diameter x 10" tall 1-liter soda bottles on a 6" grid on each shelf.
		Hey, we may have agreed on something :-) >The 'slug' flow from a 'full' unit might be twice the steady state, >but the 'slug' from an empty unit could be 10 times the flow of the 'empty' >unit.
		Not because the 'slug' transient flow is higher >than your steady-state formula, but because it is very different between the >two.
	www.ece.vill.edu /~nick/usenet/00002589 (1417 words)

	Railway Age: A potent combination: tests conducted by Genessee & Wyoming show that a mother/slug locomotive set can be ...
		The mother unit (the powered locomotive) has some additional hardware to allow for transfer of elcctrical power to the slug, which has no engine.
		The slug has to be bal-lasted to compensate for the weight loss resulting from removal of its engine and components until its gross weight is brought back to near its original as-built weight.
		Because only the mother unit is providing all the power for two locomotives, its main alternator must provide maximum electrical energy right up to the point of its output limit.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_2_204/ai_98265132 (749 words)

	Trains.com - When to use a slug (SW calf's)?
		I would think that, the coal loads being so heavy, it would make sense to have the extra horsepower of a slug unit, even if in prototype operations it meant only hauling a few strings of cars at a time until a full train could be built at the interchange siding.
		As long as the engine generating the power is not running flat out to service itself it should be able to power the slug (which by the way is different from a calf since that had a prime mover and was remotely operated from the unit with the cab like a modern lash up).
		But if calfs were MU units under their own power unlike the slugs* you described* then I would guess that would suit my purposes as well.
	www.trains.com /community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28373 (1270 words)

	Trains.com - What is the deal with F7b and GP60MB?
		The "slug" units mentioned in a previous post are a different animal entirely.
		A slug gets the electricity for its traction motor from a "mother" unit, which must be connected to it for the slug to run.
		Slugs are most commonly found in yard service where heavy traction is needed to move large cutrs of cars around.
	www.trains.com /community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=33439 (448 words)

	Lesson Plans for slugs 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Students place a slug on paper and measure with a ruler by placing the end of the ruler at the end of the slug.
		Students measure the width of the slug by marking on the paper the width of the slug.
		Encourage students to have a slug move all over their hands and to watch them closely.
	www.auburn.wednet.edu /homepages/ilalko/SlugLes1.htm (1676 words)

	All Time UP Diesel Roster, S Series Road Slugs
		Built as MKT road slug 501 from wrecked MKT GP40 222; renumbered and repainted to UP S50 on 20 March 1989, at the same time as matching GP40 slug control units, UP 595 and 596 (ex MKT 226, 227).
		Equipped with 2,600 gallon fuel tanks, and pumping equipment to transfer fuel between slug and attached slug control units; sensing monitors activate the pumps to keep fuel level equalized between the control units and the slug.
		Equipped with 2900-gallon fuel tank and pumping equipment to transfer fuel from the slug and the attached control units; sensing monitors activate the pumps to keep the fuel level equalized between the control units and the road slug.
	utahrails.net /all-time/slugs-road.php (517 words)

	ARR Photos Slugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The craze of adding tractive effort for switching at yard speeds with what commonly were called SLUGS made it to Alaska in 1972.
		Bill Thommasson photographed the slugs in the Anchorage yard and reported his findings in the February and September, 1972 issues of THE MOOSE GOOSER.
		The third slug never emerged to become MATE 3 as No. 1014 went straight to scrap in late 1972.
	www.alaskarails.org /pix/ARR-picts-slugs.html (404 words)

	The pound-mass as the culprit for unit conversion confusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A pound-mass is defined as the amount of mass that “weighs one pound or pound-force.” However, that amount of mass is 1/g times the slug, or (1/32.17) of a slug.
		We must realize that weight is a force that is described by such units as the Newton and the pound (pound-force), and that mass is described by kilogram and slug.
		Whereas, the pound implied as a unit of mass or directly as pound-mass, the student should refer to the above three statements that advocate the total discard of the pound-mass.
	members.aol.com /luthben/unit.html (489 words)

	New Magnet Zapper - Pricing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The units will be sold on a first come first serve basis.
		The standard slug shipped with the unit is approximately a.917" slug.
		We will not accept payment until the units are fully built and ready to be shipped.
	home.comcast.net /~tempest2000/pricing.htm (202 words)

	CS1 -- Fall 2004 -- Lab 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Your mass unit will support both grams and slugs in the same style as feet and meters were supported for length.
		NOTE: a slug is a unit of mass corresponding roughly to 14593.903203 grams (give or take a bit ;-)).
		'slug (get-tag unit)))) (define (gram-add a b) (make-gram (+ (get-value a) (get-value b)))) (define (slug-add a b) (make-slug (+ (get-value a) (get-value b)))) (define (mass?
	www.cs.caltech.edu /courses/cs1/assignments/lab6/answers.html (3194 words)

	D560-03 Standard Test Methods for Freezing and Thawing Compacted Soil-Cement Mixtures
		In this system, the pound (lbf) represents a unit of force (weight), while the unit for mass is slugs.
		Therefore, the standard unit for mass in this standard is either kilogram (kg) or gram (g), or both.
		As stated in 1.4.2, this standard includes the gravitational system of inch-pound units and does not use/present the slug unit for mass.
	www.astm.org /DATABASE.CART/REF_PAGES/D560.htm (611 words)

	A slug - Physics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I thought a slug was a slow-moving elongated mollusks with a rudimentary (or no) shell.
		A slug is the mass that will accelerate a 1 ft/sec^2 when acted on by a force of 1 pound.
		A mass of 1 slug at 1g will weigh approximately 32.17 pounds.
	www.okka.biz /_A_slug-26103328-288-a.html (168 words)

	Florida Railroad Locomotive Rosters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Assigned the 2200 and 2300 - Series road numbers, the units were rebuilt with cab control equipment that enables an engineer in the nonpowered slug unit to control the regular powered locomotives coupled to the slug unit.
		The nonpowered road slug units are used for their traction motor power, which operates up to 11 mph.
		These units are former Conrail units that were rebuilt by GE into a special design of locomotive, and designated as “Super 7” class.
	www.flrails.com /locorosters.html (5193 words)

	slug
		a unit of mass, equivalent to approximately 32.2 lb.
		(15 kg) and having the property that a force of one pound acting upon a mass of this unit produces an acceleration of one foot per second per second.
		The infantry slugged up the hill and dug in.
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/slug (341 words)

	DVD Talk Forum - Favorite unit(s) of measurement?
		I'm curious as to what your favorite unit of measurement is? Whether neper, rehoboam, or farthingdale, all answers are welcome.
		I have always been attached to the hogshead, and the differing volume of it based on what liquid is being discussed.
		A good site for looking up information on various units of measurement is A Dictionary of Units of Measurement.
	www.dvdtalk.com /forum/printthread.php?t=341001&pp=40 (378 words)

	Halfbakery: Interlocking wedge coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Okay, disregarding the unit of measurement (pounds, dollars, yen, whatnot) take a slug of given size and produce fractional monetary values by producing wedges of a size proportional to the value of the wedge.
		So a half dollar/pound/whatnot is half a circle, a quarter unit is a quarter circle, etc. Very pieces of eight and all that.
		Individual values are easy to determine for the sightless and slugs of different diameter or thickness can be used for different base values ($1 slug, $10 slug, $100 slug, etc).
	www.halfbakery.com /lr/idea/Interlocking_20wedge_20coins (268 words)

	Banana Slug String Band: Workshops
		Participants will learn strategies for creating thematic science units, and gain ideas to energize and supplement their existing units.
		The Banana Slug String Band's latest rollicking recording, Goin' Wild, won two prestigious national awards: The Association for Independent Music's Indie Award 2000 for the Best Children's Album of the year, and the National Park Service 1999/2000 Audio Interpretive Excellence Award.
		The BANANA SLUG STRING BAND is by far the best educational children's performance group and teacher workshop presenters that I've ever seen.
	www.bananaslugstringband.com /pages/workshops.html (925 words)

	sort_xx-xxloca
		UNIT WAS WRECKED AT EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS IN DECEMBER 1995.
		UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1983 AND WRECKED IN DECEMBER 1995 IN EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS.
		THIS UNIT WAS IN TRANSIT FROM INDIANA TO THE BandO MUSEUM IN BALTIMORE.
	www.morscher.com /rr/sort_94-94loca.htm (1621 words)

	The Gauge - Model Train Forum - Scale Railroad Discussion & Model Trains - With a coffe on my lap I dashed over to THE ...
		Keeping the controls in a slug unit means that the hogger has a nice quiet ride.
		The other two units in the set keep their prime movers, but in the case of #5480, the controls have been removed.
		GP9 #1596 looks to be paired with #1104 as a yard goat (slug and slug mother.) In this case, both units have functional cabs for bi-directional control.
	www.the-gauge.com /printthread.php?t=4439 (515 words)

	CNRPhotos.com :: 200s - GMD Slug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Unit Number: 224 Ex: CN 4367; CN 41080
		Unit Number: 237 Ex: CN 4383; CN 4130
		Unit Number: 262 Ex: CN 4408; CN 1732
	www.cnrphotos.com /gallery/album17 (40 words)

	SUMMARY: Characterization of Groundwater... (Schoenberg, 1994; USGS 94-4163)
		Description: Three study areas in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area: 1) along Mississippi River between Fridley and Brooklyn Center, 2) along Mississippi River about 5 miles upstream of the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, and 3) along the Minnesota River between Eagan and Bloomington.
		Some values reflect a rubble zone at the base of the St. Peter Sandstone.
		Slug test range: 59 - 94 or >91 ft./day.
	www.pca.state.mn.us /water/groundwater/huc/sum/sum002.htm (247 words)

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