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From: michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (Michael Maxwell)
Newsgroups: sci.physics
Subject: Re: The physics of coffee cups
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Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 16:00:20 EST
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In article <594@vaxwaller.UUCP> cw@vaxwaller.UUCP (Carl Weidling) writes:
>MESSAGE
>	It seems to me that a nice thick coffee mug is the proper design
>because, when the coffee is 1st poured it is too hot to drink.

Well, that depends on a lot of things.  I used to live in Quito, Ecuador, at
an altitude of 9000+ feet.  The boiling point of water is considerably lower
there, and by the time a cup of coffee got to the table it was *just* the
right temperature.  Periodically I'd take a flight down to the Amazon jungle
(altitude ~400 feet).  I don't know how many times I burned by mouth on my
first cup of coffee after arriving...
-- 
Mike Maxwell
Boeing Advanced Technology Center
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