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... substances are much quicker at imbibing and imparting warmth than others , and are , therefore , termed good or bad conductors of heat . In the instance just mentioned , the carpet is a bad con- ductor ; consequently , when the warm ...
... substances are much quicker at imbibing and imparting warmth than others , and are , therefore , termed good or bad conductors of heat . In the instance just mentioned , the carpet is a bad con- ductor ; consequently , when the warm ...
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... substances been both of the same heat with the foot , they would each have felt equally warm , because their different conducting capacities would not then have been brought into action ; but had they both been warmer than the foot ...
... substances been both of the same heat with the foot , they would each have felt equally warm , because their different conducting capacities would not then have been brought into action ; but had they both been warmer than the foot ...
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... substances with which it is brought into contact , and from them it again absorbs its proper proportion of oxygen gas . * * Dr. Priestly has given us a beautiful exemplification of the powers of vegetables to restore the purity of air ...
... substances with which it is brought into contact , and from them it again absorbs its proper proportion of oxygen gas . * * Dr. Priestly has given us a beautiful exemplification of the powers of vegetables to restore the purity of air ...
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... substances meet together in a less pure form , the mixture , although producing the same amount of heat , with regard to the quantity of the pure elements brought into con- tact , is much less rapid . Thus , in the human body , the ...
... substances meet together in a less pure form , the mixture , although producing the same amount of heat , with regard to the quantity of the pure elements brought into con- tact , is much less rapid . Thus , in the human body , the ...
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... substances , in large proportions . Train - oil and whale - blubber con- tain near 70 per cent of carbon , whilst the food provided for the inhabitants of hot climates does not , perhaps , possess more than 12 per cent of this in ...
... substances , in large proportions . Train - oil and whale - blubber con- tain near 70 per cent of carbon , whilst the food provided for the inhabitants of hot climates does not , perhaps , possess more than 12 per cent of this in ...
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