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Paladin Paladin is offline
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Default Useless propeller


"Gilligan" wrote in message . ..
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| "DSK" wrote in message
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| But what makes the water boil? Increased temps due to friction? Tiny
| devil-spirits waving their pitchforks?
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| Lower pressure.

Hee hee! Lower pressure never makes any liquid boil. It makes it vaporize.
Boil is a subjective term. It only refers to that temperature at atmospheric
pressure at which a liquid vaporizes. Some engineer you are Mr. Gilligan!

Paladin

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