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Article #7378Re: The physics of coffee cups
From: Michael Maxwell
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1986 21:00
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1986 21:00
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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 ...uw-beaver!uw-june!bcsaic!michaelm
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!sri-spam!sri-unix!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!bcsaic!michaelm From: michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (Michael Maxwell) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: The physics of coffee cups Message-ID: <768@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 16:00:20 EST Article-I.D.: bcsaic.768 Posted: Mon Nov 3 16:00:20 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 5-Nov-86 21:55:32 EST References: <594@vaxwaller.UUCP> Reply-To: michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (Michael Maxwell) Distribution: net Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 15