

   CCoouunntt RRuummffoorrdd''ss FFrriiccttiioonn DDaattaa

   DDeessccrriippttiioonn::

        Data on the amount of heat generated by friction was
        obtained by Lord Rumford in 1798.

   DDeettaaiillss::

        A bore was fitted into a stationary cylinder and
        pressed against the bottom by a screw.  The bore was
        turned by a team of horses for 30 minutes, after which
        Lord Rumford ``suffered the thermometer to remain in
        its place nearly three quarters of an hour, observing
        and noting down, at small intervals of time, the tem-
        perature indicated by it''.  ue{ item{Time}{ Time in
        minutes.  } item{Temp}{ Temperature in degrees Faren-
        heit.  }}

   VVaalluuee::

       Time: Time in minutes.

       Temp: Temperature in degrees Farenheit.

   SSoouurrccee::

        Bates  Watts, "Nonlinear Regression Analysis".

