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From: gvcormack@watdaisy.UUCP (Gordon V. Cormack)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Swimming in Liquid Helium
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 22:30:15 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  5 22:30:15 1985
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I don't buy the statement that nothing will slow down when moving
in the lake.  Even if the liquid has no viscosity, it has mass and
must be accelerated to make room for an object moving through it.
Thus, the kinetic energy of the object will he converted to kinetic
energy in the liquid.
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Gordon V. Cormack      CS Department, University of Waterloo
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