I wrote:
> Count Rumfordd would say on the nightside the Earth is cooled by > frigorific rays from space, whereby the frigorific rays > slow the movements of atoms. He had this interesting conception of > radiation as being capable of either heating or cooling, i.e. accelerating > or dampening the motion of atoms depending on the ray's 'frequency' and the > mass of the atoms. > > > eg. A ray which cooled atoms would work like a tuned mass damper. Harry
