 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1842 - 744 pages
...said to be conducted ; and the process, in scientific language, (a termed the conduction of caloric. Metals are the best conductors, then liquids, and...substances, are very bad conductors; and porous spongy substances, as charcoal, tiair, and fur, are the worst. Clothing is generally made of bad conductors,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 938 pages
...said to be conducted ; and the process, in scientific language, is termed the conduction of caloric. Metals are the best conductors, then liquids, and...lastly, gases. Gold, silver, and copper, are the best conductora among solids; glass, bricks, and many stony substances, are very bad conductors ; and porous... | |
 | William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1857 - 824 pages
...said to be conducted; and the process, in scientific language, is termed the conduction of caloric. Metals are the best conductors, then liquids, and...substances are very bad conductors ; and porous spongy substances, as charcor1 hair, and fur, are the worst. Clothing is generi made of bad conductors, that... | |
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... state of abstraction or comparative absence of heat. Heat is diffused or communicated by conduction and radiation. When it passes slowly from one portion of matter to another in contact with it, it is said to be conducted; and the process, in scientific... 