An engineer proposes a device that will extract heat from the atmosphere, convert some of it to
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An engineer proposes a device that will extract heat from the atmosphere, convert some of it to work, and release the remaining heat back into the atmosphere at the same temperature as the input heat. Is this a perpetual-motion machine and, if so, what kind? Explain.
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