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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread
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To: maceng2 who wrote (22361)7/19/2008 11:31:50 PM
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The theory that a cold body radiates as does a warm one stems from Prévost's theory of exchanges of 1792. The theory of heat has developed much since then, but Prevost's theory remains. A cold body does not "know" it's been put in hot surroundings and visa versa.

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I remember my old physics teacher really stressing the point. At the time I wondered why he made such a big deal about it. It's become obvious over the years why the detail is important.
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