Re: [ARSCLIST] Floor Load Capacity

["D. Blake Werts" <bwerts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Floor Load Capacity


> ----- Original Message -----
> For the record (pun more-or-less intended) 10" shellac records
> weigh in at about 1/2 pound each, suggesting 12" are just short
> of 3/4 pound (.72 pounds to be exact).
>
> Unsleeved 78's run about ten per inch, so ordinary paper sleeves
> probably make that around 9.9 and heavier sleeves closer to 9...
> which means 4.5 to 5 lbs. per foot of occupied shelving for 10"
[snip]
> Steven C. Barr

Is there a typo here?  "4.5 to 5 lbs. per foot" ?

...maybe it is the humidity and all here in the south--a 1 foot run of
10inch shellac weighs more on the average of 50-60 pounds when it is I that
has to heave them around!

D. Blake Werts