Re: Conservation of Energy; history

[twayburn@juno.com (Thomas L Wayburn)]

On Fri, 25 Jul 97 15:25:57 EDT LUDWIK KOWALSKI
<kowalskil@alpha.montclair.edu> writes:
> Here are some interesting, and not totally irrelevant, quotations from 
> on
> old high school textbook (copyright 1906, yes 1906). The authors are
> Millican and Gale; everbody knows the experiment for which Noble prize 
> was
> aworded to the first author. Good reading for those who wonder about 
> common 
> misconceptions (heat and work are forms of energy). 
>
> In my opinion this textbook (not its vocabulary) should be a model for 
> all
> those who teach physics to kids. A similar book with short 
> explanations
> of currently used devices would be more difficult to write but it 
> would
> help a teach scientific and practical at the same time.
> ****************************************
THE OLD LEWIS AND RANDALL with no additional author or updates was
supposed to have been a gem.  I have never seen a copy.   -TLW
> ***************************************************************
" ... In other words, if there were no friction, no work would ever be
wasted."   Who said this? 

Whoever said that is not considering systems in which unlike chemicals
are mixed, heat is transferred through a finite temperature difference,
shock waves are permitted to form (sudden expansion of a gas), etc.   -
TLW, the amateur or just A, for short.