Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 84
ience two differentsensations, heat and cold, proceeding from water of acertain temperature. The study of heat and caloric can be immediatelyundertaken without any apparatus, as we have seen whendealing with other branches of physics. THE CONDUCtlBILlTY OF METALS. 67 The Conductibility of Metals. a… … Fig. 56.—A Burning Coal placed on a Handkerchief wrapped round a Copper Globe.Tne Handkerchief is not scorched. Place on this metallic bowl, thus enveloped, a redhotcoal, and it will continue to glqw, without in any waydamaging the muslin wrapper. The reason is this : themetal being an excellent…
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