Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 23
oard, the porosity and permeability of which willthus be clearly demonstrated, and the vapour will in timefill the upper glass. Wood, cloth, or woollen substances PROPERTIES OF BODIES. may be experimented upon in succession, and will givejthe same result. But there are other textures which… … Fig. 5.—The Blotting-paper Filler. , This experiment tends to explain w^y fog is, as it iswell said, so penetrating. It passe? through the tissue!of our cloth coats and our flannels, and thus comes;into contact with our bodies. A waterproof will protectus from its action. resistance of substances.…
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