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During His Honeymoon Trip in 1847 near the Falls at Chamonix

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During his honeymoon trip in 1847 near the falls at Chamonix in the French Alps,Joule took along a thermometer to measure the temperature at the top and bottom of the falls 120 m high.He assumed the total kinetic energy of the water at the bottom becomes internal energy of the water.An estimate of the rise in temperature of the water of specific heat 4190 J/kg K at the bottom is


A) 28 \circ C.
B) 12 \circ C.
C) 7 \circ C.
D) 1.5 \circ C.
E) 0.28 \circ C.

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