Re: It's a perpetual motion machine AND a racecar!
- From: Dr J R Stockton <jrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:59:53 +0100
In rec.arts.sf.science message <3ROKk.121283$dG5.97220@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:49:43, Simon Morden <simon.morden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
der.co.uk> posted:
I think I have an alternative derivation: from Hero's aeolipile through
Volta's voltaic pile to nuclear pile, where pile has lost its original
meaning of 'ball' and come to mean 'source of energy'.
I used -pile in my last book...
To say that it was used in your last book is not quite as encouraging as
saying that it was used in your most recent book.
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