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Name: Nishka
Status: student
Age: 20s
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: 2001-2002
Question:
I asked a question the other day, my question was: What is the gravitational pull in Greenville, SC, I received an answer that gave the general pull of gravity on earth, what I was looking for was a way to find out, i.e., a source to look into, that would give me, specifically, the pull of gravity in my city, with respect to its location on the earth

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The exact formula will not represent well, here. It is from the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics under "Acceleration due to gravity at any latitude and elevation". It is also known as Helmert's equation.


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