Altitude Compensation

[Mark Pitts]

And I thought BM was just a technical description of my pool playing... =
Oh well.


But seriously... I agree oil and vinegar make salad dressing, but it =
does need to be shaken to get the relevant flavour, and if you dont =
shake the atmosphere, it tends to separate. Not a lot, but it does, and =
the light fractions float.

Mark
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From:  tom cloud[SMTP:cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu]
Sent:  Friday, September 13, 1996 2:50 PM
To:  diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu; dibble at peaches.ph.utexas.edu
Subject:  RE: Altitude Compensation

>On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, tom cloud wrote:

>> what do i know ??  As I understand:  the ratio of O2 and N2 are
>> the same at any altitude us puny homo saps (I know, speak for my-
>> self) can survive at (oops, poor english).

And on the same day, James Weiler replied:

>Absolutely ! and don't let anyone else tell you any different ! It's =
the=20
>partial presures of each gas constituent that decrease with higher=20
>altitude but the ratios of the gases stay the same.  If they were=20
>different how would it stay that way over time??  There is a law called =

>Brownian motion that dictates that all molecules will proceed from a=20
>place of high concentration to a place of low concentration until they=20
>are equally distributed.  This is our atmosphere and it's had lots of=20
>time to equilibrate. =20

To which, I reply replied

"And I thought Brownian movement was when those little girls are selling
cookies."

tom