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Practical physics (1922)

Millikan, Robert Andrews, Gale, Henry Gordon · Boston : Ginn and Co. · leaf 239

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ch more severe burnthan if he touches the bread itself, although the two are at the sametemperature. Explain. 7. Why are plants often covered with paper on a night when frostis expected? 8. Why will a moistened finger or the tongue freeze instantly to apiece of iron on a cold winters day, but not… … Fig. 197. A tireless cooker Convection 255. Convection in liquids. Although the conductmg powerof li([ui(ls is so small, as was shown iii the experiment of § 251,they are yet able, under certain circumstances, to transmitheat much more effectively than solids. Thus, if the ice in theexperiment of…

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