Right. The argument that the heating is by compression is at best misleading, an...

rz2k · on Dec 29, 2020

Hmm, that is what I was getting at in this thread.

The other user claimed that physicists are making a mistake when they explain with friction rather than compression.

Looking back, I think your first comment was meant for the other user.

pfdietz · on Dec 30, 2020

Also, what heating described by Boyle's Law? That law is the ideal gas law at constant temperature.

rz2k · on Dec 30, 2020

You're right, Charles's Law was the gas law about temperature and pressure.