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If the Fluid in Joule's Experiment Were Replaced by an Equal

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If the fluid in Joule's experiment were replaced by an equal mass of mercury, the measured rise in temperature would be greater than that for water.


Definitions:

Epistemology

The study or theory of knowledge. Epistemology addresses such questions as “What is knowledge?” and “How do we know what we know?”

Worldview I

The fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the whole of the individual's or society's knowledge and point of view.

Worldview II

A person’s or group’s comprehensive outlook or perspective on life and the world around them, distinguished here as a second version or interpretation.

Operationalization

The process of defining the measurement of a phenomenon that is not directly measurable, by assigning it a quantitative value.

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