dryness

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The most commonly accepted value for G has been .00000006658 dynes obtained in 1895-96 by Physicists Charles Vernon Boys in England and Karl Ferdinand Braun in Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

The force of the sun's light is extremely small�9X10-5 dynes per square centimeter, or about the weight of four cigarettes per acre of surface at the distance of the earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

The subtler units of measurement, such as dynes, electron-volts and curies, are based on it too.

From Time Magazine Archive

This may be avoided by expressing the force as the pressure in dynes due to a column of mercury, one square centimetre in section, which is supported by the atmosphere.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

At least ten dynes of sheer brute force.

From The Galaxy Primes by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)