Re: Question about light and heat

[James Mackey <jmackey@HARDING.EDU>]

The definition I see in the 6th edition of Halliday, et.al. is (page 434,
Chpt. 19)
"Heat is energy transferred between a system and its environment because
of a temperature difference that exists between them."

Wor is similarly defined as energy transferred.... due to mechanical motion.
James Mackey


Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> Even Feynman, et al.   A huge blooper on p. 5-9 (vol. II)  (QUANDOQUE BONUS DORMITAT HOMERUS)
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> bc
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> P.s. Their section 12-2 (vol. II) begins "The flow of heat; ..."
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> Joe Heafner wrote:
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> > > From: Tina Fanetti <FanettT@QUEST.WITCC.CC.IA.US>
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> > > > > 1) "Heat" is NOT energy even if one erroneously wants to thin of "heat" as
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> > > a substance.  There is no such "thing" as "heat" -- "heat" is done  on a
> > > system not pored into it.<<
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> > > HUH?
> > > I am looking in Halliday, Resineck and Walker and it says that heat is transferred internal energy.  Is this not saying heat is energy?
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> > Lots of textbook authors don't get it right!
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> > Cheers,
> > Joe Heafner - Instructional Astronomy and Physics
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