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Re: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

At 22:05 7/14/97 -0700, Leigh Palmer wrote:
[Ludwik]
Why is it misleading to say that "energy is the ability to do work"?

[Leigh]
It's wrong. It doesn't mean anything. Now I retire from the fray.

Leigh

Leigh will not be satisfied it seems by anything less than this:
"Energy: the property of a system that is a measure of its capacity for
doing work"

You might be excused for mistaking Ludwik's construction for the dictionary
definition that I take to be Leigh's view.

Regards

brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK