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This chapter is on the conservation of energy. Ideally the machine he shows will work. If we jump ahead in the book to where we know about conservation of energy, we see that energy gained by one side is lost by the other. But in practice, some energy is lost to friction. The little extra weight is needed to overcome friction. You could also overcome ...

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I suspect this is an example of the spinning-egg problem, in which a prolate spheroid (such as an egg) spun on a table about one of its "short" axes will tend to "stand up" so that it's spinning about its long axis. A few explanations have been proposed for this phenomenon, most notably: H. K. Moffatt & Y. Shimomura, "Spinning eggs — a paradox ...

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Energy and momentum are conserved at every vertex of a Feynman diagram in quantum field theory. No internal lines in a Feynman diagram associated with a virtual particles violate energy-momentum conservation. It is true, however, that virtual particles are off-shell, that is, they do not satisfy the ordinary equations of motion, such as $$E^2=p^2 + m^2.$$ ...

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SECTION A : Non-relativistic conservation of energy The work done by the non-relativistic force $\:\mathbf{f}\:$ per time unit, that is the power produced or consumed, on a particle moving with velocity $\:\mathbf{v}=d\mathbf{r}/dt\:$ is \begin{align} \dfrac{dW}{dt}=\mathbf{f}\circ \mathbf{v}=&\dfrac{d\mathbf{p}}{dt}\circ \mathbf{v}=\\ ...

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In mechanics, a mass $m$ experiences a force $\textbf{F}$ along some path $C$. The work done on the mass is given by $$W = \int_C \textbf{F} \cdot d\textbf{r},$$ such that the energy of the mass increases by $W$. Positive work corresponds to energy being added to the system in question (which is inevitably taken from the surroundings). Edit: To answer ...

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