Re: "heat" is NOT a form of "energy"

[Jim Green <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>]

John says--

> The main reason we disfavor the caloric theory is its *failure* to treat
> heat as a form of energy, i.e. its implication that caloric might be
> conserved separately from other forms of energy.

John, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I am sitting here and can't
find a better word than "nonsense".  Perhaps I misunderstand you.

>  [Reference: look under
> "caloric theory" in the Encyclopedia Britannica.]

I don't learn physics from an encyclopedia

Jim

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