Re: why pseudowork (NOT)

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

Far be it from me to try anything practical, Heaven knows!
 But when I strung two plastic balls on cotton tethers pinned
to the door frame as opposed pendulums, the one that was
twice as heavy as the other did seem to slow way up on contact,
 while the lighter one bounced back.
   How about that!

:-)

Brian W


At 21:40 10/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
> Yes, Brian, you describe what should happen on the air
> track. But how to make this happen? The question was
> practical, not theoretical.
>
> brian whatcott wrote:
>
> > Linear momentum before is 2 x 1   and 1 x -1   kg m/s
> > Linear momentum after  is 2 x 0   and 1 x 1    kg m/s
> >
> > Or is it?
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK