On Wednesday, January 31, 2001 4:54 AM, Esat Atikkan wrote:

> The Ideal Gas Law (IGL) is the mother of the Laws of
> State describing ideal gases.
>
> PV=nRT
>
> Where P is pressure, V is volume, n is the quantity of
> gas in moles, R is the universal gas constant & T the
> absolute temperature

(Huge big snip)

G'Day, Esat!  It's good to see you surfacing here!  :-)

> The above is an excerpt of my stnd physics lecture to
> all my classes OWI through ITC

Bloody hell!  That ought to keep them out of the clubs and pubs and head
down in the text books for a week or two!  :-)

> When teaching I use the line:
> It all boils doen to Boyle since many of the phenomena
> that pertains to diving & entails gases is a result of
> Boyle.
> Archimedes I obviously present.
>
> ITC & other leadership candidates also get a heavy
> dose of lifting problems wh/ combines Archimedes w/
> Boyle.  Sort of strengthens their ABs.
>
> A favorite ITC question of mine is to ask to explain
> why Archimedes principle is such.  I get the usual
> littany of volumes, densities, weights, showing a
> parroting of the textbook.  A few have taken the bull
> by the head & explained Archimedes in terms of P
> differentials, brining tears to my eyes.

Esat!  That was such an enjoyable post that you've just brought tears to
mine as well!  :-)

Strike