Hi all. I am relatively new to light novels and want to start with the lightest ones but I don't own a scale which is making it difficult to figure out where to start. What I do have, however, are a few containers, a measuring cup, and a lot of water. What I am thinking is that I can fill one container to the brim with water, submerge my book, and then capture the overflow in a second container. From there, it would be possible to measure the volume of water with my measuring cup and derive its mass (and thus its weight). Theoretically, this should be equivalent to the weight of the book per Archimedes' principle. I am unsure if this method will actually work in practice though. Has anyone tried anything like this before?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Create the Cavendish experiment where mass of book is unknown and G is 6.67N × m^2 × kg^-2 × 10
Create physical pendulum and measure T for your local g and derive the mass of the book

But that is just gravitional mass. To measure inertial mass throw it across the room and see how far it will fly. You need know your force.