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- Foot pound - - A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.
- Foot poundal - - A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.
- Erg - n. - The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.