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The correct term is not “heavier” but “denser”. (Actually, the proper wording would be ‘What has a higher specific gravity than gold?’)
See posting #15.
By the way, did anyone try the problem at the end of posting #15?
Also, I remember the Columbo episodes very well. (I was always quite the Columbo fan).
Hey it happens in actual investigations. One of the detectives, not Mark Furman, in the murder investigation of OJ’s wife kept the DNA collection swatches overnight in the trunk of his car.
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[nitpick] Closer to $9000. Gold is measured in troy ounces - only 13 to the pound vice 16. [/nitpick]
I don’t know if Columbo made a mistake, but Rhubarb did :o. According to Google 1 pound = 14.5833333 troy ounces. So the value would be a shade under $10,000,
It’s funny this would be the episode you mention, as even though I didn’t know it was on the Hallmark Channel, I had just pulled the old VHS copy I had off the shelf to watch a couple weeks ago. (I wanted to see who Howard McGillin played.)
That’s cool. I might remember them better, but I was only ten years old when this episode first aired.
And it’s also measured in troy pounds, which are exactly 12 (not 13 or 16 or 14.583…) troy ounces.