During the exhibition at the New York Crystal Palace in 1853, I had many opportunities to notice the effect of friction on the temperature of water. You and many of your readers will remember ...
China and India withdrew troops from the remaining two friction points on their disputed Himalayan border, ending a four-year stalemate that soured relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors ...
The observed difference in (static) friction in the two directions gives a measure of scaliness. Although the method has given useful results, it suffers from a number of defects. Besides being ...