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haruspex replied to the thread If Heat Is Motion, Why Isn’t All Motion Heat?.Is that the exact wording of the question? I ask because in scientific usage "heat" only refers to the transfer of energy between... -
haruspex replied to the thread High School A question about leverage and stability of shelf support.Afterthought… I was unconsciously assuming the shelf would be relatively stiff. With a relatively flexible shelf, the principal load...
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haruspex replied to the thread High School A question about leverage and stability of shelf support.That would be true if the shelf were correspondingly shorter, so that the length of contact were the same. Even then, it’s not a...