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Physics of the household (1914)

Lynde, Carleton John, b. 1872 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 122

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MOVEMENT OF HEAT. HEAT APPLIANCES 107 we can see from the table that the copper utensil will conductover seven times as much heat, and the aluminium utensil overfour times as much heat as the iron utensil, in the same time,and from the same fire. Tinware is sheet iron covered witha thin coating of… … Fig. 76. — Illustrating the use of conductors and nonconductors in cookingutensils. they do not melt readily; third, they do not break when struck;fourth, they do not crack when subjected to sudden changesof temperature; fifth, they conduct heat readily. Of thecommon metals it will be noticed in…

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