Simple Experiments Show How Motion Is Equivalent to Heat

Some of the most difficult (and most important) experiments in the history of physics had to do with making connections between different concepts. What about the connection between objects moving around (kinematics) and objects changing temperature (thermodynamics)? That was a tough one. It’s called the mechanical equivalent of heat and it was explored in 1868 …

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