Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture Civil Architecture Naval

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Radiation is affected by the na- ture of the surface of the body : thus black and rough surfaces ra- diate and absorb more heat than light and polished surfaces. Table of the radiating power of different bodies. Water . . . 100 Lamp-black . . 100 Writing-paper . . 100 Glass ... 90 Indian ink . . 88 Bright lead . . 19 Silver ... 12 Blackened tin . . 100 Clean do. . . 12 Scraped do. . . 16 Ice . . . . 85 Mercury ... 20 Polished iron . . 15 Copper . . . 12 Professor Leslie has proved, by a variety
... of experiments, that the heat which is propagated by radi- ation from different bodies varies with the nature of their external surfaces ; the quantity which flows in a given time from a body with a polished surface being much less than would flow from the same body with a rough surface. It therefore follows that the external surfaces of the steam-pipes of steam- engines and steam-cylinders should be as smooth as possible, and should be covered with any body which is a bad conductor of heat. Heaven (in the Table of Symbols of the early ages) is symbolized by the segment of a circle, sometimes of blue or of the three colours of the rainbow ; the Universe, by a globe of blue.

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