Recent content by browncat

I first answer to "the critic" and, later on I'll address to the short answer of russ_watters This question is very important and deserves a special respect. You see, the critic, I've asked myself also the very same question and found a book by Bruce Lindsay, called: "energy: historical...

Perhaps this mental experiment will be useful: if you build two physical pendulums using the two bars, and make them oscillate, in the very same conditions, the magnetized one will have a greater rate for slowing down its motion (i.e., its associated damping will stop it faster), because the...