Re: Stop using calories?

[herbgottlieb@juno.com]

 LUDWIK KOWALSKI writes:
> 4186 J/(kg*C) or 4.186 J/(g*C), if you prefer, calls for a subject 
> which I do not have to touch when we are practicing calorimetry.


I believe that calorimetry is the science where you add caloric to 
heat something and remove caloric to cool it. Caloric used to be 
defined as an invisible weightless material that is found in all 
matter but, as we all know,  the entire concept of caloric was 
disproved by Count  Rumford in the 18th century. Some 
scientists, and a large segment of the public,  still cling to 
this outmoded concept of adding or removing caloric. 
However, knowing that there is no such thing as caloric, they 
call the same  invisible, weightless material HEAT or HEAT 
ENERGY.  Does changing the name change the concept?

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where our abundance of hot air comes from politicians, not 
from adding any invisible weightless material to our homes)