Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 365
muslin tightly stretched over a lump of polished metal.On the muslin we put a burning ember, and excitecombustion by blowing on it ; the muslin is not burnedin the least, the heat being entirely absorbed by the metal, 6 HEAT. which draws it through the material into itself. Theforegoing cut… … Boiling water in a paper case. effect that metals appear cold to us when we take themin our hands ; by their conductivity they remove theheat from our hands, and give us the peculiar impressionwhich we do not experience when in contact with sub-stances that are bad conductors, such as wood,…
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