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Rumford's boring experiment:other
The blades of the the grinder strike molecules, causing them to
oscillate and generating phonons which *flow* and interact with the
molecules of brass. These inelastic collisions eventually approachfreedom.
a Boltzmann equilibrium at an increased mean energy per degree of
Now why didn't Rumford think of that?