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Contributions to the Centennial Exhibition (1876)

Ericsson, John, 1803-1889 · New York : Printed for the author at "The Nation" Press · leaf 516

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r from b to a, in less than half a second, in order toproduce the baneful effect pointed out by the author ofExperimental Researches. It will not be necessary to de-monstrate that heat cannot be transmitted through 6 ins.of metal in half a second, and it would be an insult to theintelligence of… … ^Vith regard to the supposed rapid transmission of heatthrough the iron partition of the two cylinders, you willfind on referring to the section that no transmission of lieatcan take place, since the two Ijottoms are separated by astationary body of air or vapoi. In the ordinary cylinder-bottom,…

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