The woman's book : dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 220
od that heat is notproduced by clothing, but only retainedby it. The power of thus holding bod-ily heat depends less upon the sub-stances of which stuffs are woven thanupon the amount of air entangled intheir meshes. To prevent the escapeof heat a non-conducting mediumisnecessary ; and air, like… … The Hoop-skirt of 1864. heat. From this same principle it isevident that two garments are warmerthan one of the same material butdouble the thickness. The additionalwarmth is due to the intermediate layerof air, and it is said that the Chineseand Japanese have long since appliedthis knowledge in…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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