Re: [ga] Austerity measures
Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote: Perhaps the inflated time figures Elizabeth quoted have something to do with theYou're going to hate me for this. Water "boils" when it has reached a temperature at which its vapor pressure nearly matches that of the atmosphere. Since atmospheric pressure is lower at higher altitudes, water boils at a lower temperature. Thus, what takes longer at higher altitudes is not getting the water to boil, but rather the cooking, since it occurs at a lower temperature. So maybe that's why the cooking that takes so long, huh?
But how come we have
Never mind. Bill Lovell
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