why didnt i study this in five years of thermodinamics

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Originally Posted by Cataplasma

nice! But...

"Test units constructed by Mother Earth News (Issue 40, July 1976) and the MythBusters (Episode 24, December 5, 2004 – "Ming Dynasty Astronaut") did work to convert temperature difference into torque..."

do you know what work is?

torque produces work

a thermic engine transforms temp gradient into work

a fridge the opposite transforms work into temp gradient

maybe you misred what did work means, in this case it means funciono