Re: hot air rising

[Jim Green <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>]

At 03:48 PM 7/21/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >The air loses temperature as surely as a roller
> >coaster loses kinetic energy when it goes up the hill.
>
>         ooooooooh, I LOVE this phraseology.
>         But it won't tear me COMPLETELY away from that glorious
>                 four letter Anglo-Saxon word we so love to discuss.

Well, yes, Chuck, I have been watching -- first carefully -- then in
wonderment and admiration -- posters have uniformly and correctly said "hot
air rises" (sometimes) -- no evil four letter language -- all are hereby
generously given oodles and oodles of praise.

> >If the air initially contains moisture, it may happen that it cools to the
> >dewpoint before it stops rising, in which case it gets an additional "kick"
> >from the latent heat of condensation.
>                   ^^^^
>
> ah, FINALLY we once again see the four letter NOUN that we want to banish!

Chuck, this one doesn't count.  It is hard to get around this unfortunate
usage.

Jim Green
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