Timeline for Can you model cold as flowing?
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| Aug 24, 2022 at 9:10 | comment | added | slebetman | This is similar to how engineers think of electrical current. Just because the convention we invented is the opposite of the actual flow of electrons does not mean it's not useful. | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 21:19 | comment | added | Mark | @EdgarBonet, English has the "ton of cooling", a unit of cold equal to the heat of fusion of one short ton of ice. It's used when describing industrial-scale refrigeration systems, and nowhere else. | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 18:47 | comment | added | Edgar Bonet | In French, we have the word “frigorie”, which is a unit of cold equal to −1 kilocalorie. It seems to have fallen into disuse though. | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 12:08 | history | answered | JMac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |