Check all items that you used, either directly or indirectly, each time you did this computation
the first law of thermodynamics (heat lost by a metal equals the heat gained by the water)
the ability of heat to flow from a hot object to a cooler one
masses for the metal and the water in the calorimeter
temperature changes for the water and the metal
the known specific heat of the water

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england.simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?