"Norman Wells" wrote in message
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: Jerry wrote:
: "Norman Wells" wrote in message
: ...
: Dave Liquorice wrote:
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: OK how does a clock spring store energy without *any*
: atomic/sub-atomic effects?
:
: By mechanical strain of the crystalline structure of the
spring
: steel whose lowest energy, and therefore most stable,
conformation
: is 'unwound'. Whenever displaced from that conformation it
will tend
: to revert to it when the strain is removed.
:
: No atomic or sub-atomic effects at all.
:
:
: Wells, you're a right pillock! :~(
:
: What's _your_ explanation then? Let's hear it.

To suggest that there is "No atomic or sub-atomic effects at all"
is plain daft, considering that just about (if not) everything on
earth and in outer-space (that we know of) has it's origins at
the atomic or sub atomic level. A spring is a spring because of
it's atomic structure, the act of deflation is a result of
atomic/sub-atomic effects, what do you think is the building
blocks of the underlying crystalline structure you mention?
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Regards, Jerry.