Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903, Fessenden, C · Toronto : W.J. Gage · leaf 180
it will light. You learn that some substances conduct heat much morerapidly than others. The former are called good conductors,the latter j^oor conductors. Metals are the best conductors,though they differ widely among themselves. Experiment 5. Fill a test-tube nearly full of water, and hold… … Liquids, as a class, are poorer con-ductors than solids. Gases are muchpoorer conductors than liquids. It isdifficult to discover that pure, dry airpossesses any conducting power. Thepoor conducting power of our clothing is due to the poor con-ducting power of the fibres of the cloth in part, but…
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