Just read this in advertisement for a Fire Syringe appearing in TPT: "This is one of the most impressive demonstrations of the heat produced when a gas is rapidly compressed - the principle of the Diesel engine ignition."
I wonder if the authors of that passage ever heard of the term "adiabatic compression" and looked up its definition!
Herman Trivilino
Physics Professor
Faculty Professional Development Leader
College of the Mainland
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From: Phys-l on behalf of Bob Sciamanda
Sent: Sat 15-Feb-14 6:37 PM
To: Bob Sciamanda; Phys-L@Phys-L.org
Subject: Re: [Phys-L] heat content
Apropos of something==>
I just noticed that the first entry of the Glossary of Stephen Hawking's "A
Brief History Of Time" reads as follows:
"Absolute zero: The lowest possible temperature, at which substances contain
no heat energy."