Damon Craig <[email protected]> wrote: What further amazes me is the degree of disconnect between simple newtonian > physics and everyday life experiences displayed by so many. >
I agree. People seem to have no experience with teapots or steam cleaners. > > Storms, if I recall, misundersood how steam made its way along a hose that > also contained water. > No he did not. He pointed that the water in the hose would condense the steam. He wrote: "The chimney would fill with water through which steam would bubble. The extra water would flow into the hose and block any steam from leaving. As the water cooled in the hose, the small amount of steam would quickly condense back to water. Consequently, the hose would fill with water that would flow out the exit at the same rate as the water entered the e-Cat." Isn't this highschool physics? > No, it isn't, but the heat of vaporization of steam is. - Jed
