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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

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

_D_e_t_a_i_l_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
     temperature indicated by it''.

_V_a_l_u_e:

    Time: Time in minutes. 

    Temp: Temperature in degrees Farenheit. 

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Bates & Watts, "Nonlinear Regression Analysis".

