Re: momentum transfer

[Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>]

Jim,
There are times when I think that you have lost all appreciation of the
purpose of language.
Of course, I have not read what you said; I have only encountered the
emissions of some phosphors on my monitor screen [:)<

-Bob

Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Green <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>
To: <PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: momentum transfer

> . . .  I realize that it is common to ascribe fluid
> properties to momentum and say things like "transfer of momentum".  I also
> realize that it is difficult to change all this literary momentum, but at
> some point we all should say to ourselves -- at least occasionally in a
> dark closet -- momentum does not flow -- like energy (and some other
> properties) it can be increased or decreased, but not "moved" from one
> object to another.  It is like saying the property purple of an object is
> transferred from one object to another,
>
> Jim Green
> mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
> http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen