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8) What is next? Another fighting about words? I hope
not. How to approach the first law of thermodynamics
without imposing it? Is it OK to say, for the time being,
that from now on it should be KE+PEgrv+PEspr+Q
that remains constant? Be patient Jim. So far the above
statement is an old generalization of experimental facts
established by Joule and others. Q stands for the
appearing amount of caloric, a pseudo-fluid, we can
say.
1) Kinetic Energy5) Caloric=TE
2) Gravitational potential energy
3) Work
4) Potential energy in springs.