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Tom Lake wrote:

Back to Newton... have you, by any chance, seen his law of cooling?
It's something like: "The rate of heat loss of a body is proportional
to the difference in temperatures between the body and its
surroundings." (pasted, of course; however, believe what you want)

How do you explain the idea that "hot water freezes more quickly than
relatively chilled water" given a constant freezing temperature of
water? I will be happy to point you to various web sites and
discussions of that idea.

How do _you_ explain those assertions.
I know all the answers, so be careful.

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Michael Press