The outlines of physics: an elementary text-book (1897)
Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd. · leaf 210
surface of the rods to the surrounding air, a trans-mission of heat energy from the flame outward must continue to takeplace. The amount of heat transferred will necessarily be greatest inthose materials which are delivering the largest amount of heatenergy to the surrounding atmosphere, and least… … Fig. 162. 196 THE OUTLINES OF PBTSICS This property of transferring heat is called conductivity. Of thethree substances experimented with, copper is the best conductor,glass by far the poorest. 177. Experiment 50. — Conductivity of Liquids. The conductivity of liquids, with the exception of…
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