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" What signifies philosophy that does not apply to some use ? May we not learn from hence that black clothes are not so fit to wear in a hot, sunny climate or season as white ones, because in such clothes the body is more heated by the sun when we walk... "
Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings ... - Page 296
1833
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The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original ..., Volume 9

John Wesley - 1786 - 738 pages
...body is more heated by the fun when we walk abroad, and are at the fame time heated by the cxcrcife, which double heat is apt to bring on putrid, dangerous fevers ? That foldiers and feamen who muft march and labour in- the fun, fhould in the Eaftor Weft-Indies have an...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 12

1800 - 586 pages
...body is more heated by the fun when we walk abroad, and are at the fame time heated, by the exercife, which double heat is apt to bring on putrid dangerous fevers ? That foldiers and feamcn, who muft march and labour in the fun, mould, in the Eaft or Weft-Indies, have...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 12

1800 - 580 pages
...body is more heated by the fun when we walk abroad, and «re at the fame time heated by the exercife, which double heat is apt to bring on putrid dangerous fevers ? That foldiers and feannen, who mufl march and labour in the fun, Ihould, in the Eaft or Weft-Indies, have...
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Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an Expedition to Candy, in ...

Arthur Johnston - 1810 - 180 pages
...all. » " What signifies philosophy that does not apply to some use? — May we not learn from hence, that black clothes are not so fit to wear in a hot...putrid dangerous fevers? That soldiers and seamen, who must march and labour in the sun, should in the East or West I Indies have an uniform of white?...
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The British Prose Writers...: Dr. B. Franklin's essays

1821 - 356 pages
...it at all. What signifies philosophy that does not apply to some use ? May we not learn from hence, that black clothes are not so fit to wear in a hot...putrid dangerous fevers ? that soldiers and seamen, who must march and labour in the sun, should in the East or West Indies have an uniform of white? that...
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Essays and Letters, Volumes 1-2

Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...sunn/ climate or season, as white ones ; because in such clothes the body is more heated by the suu when we walk abroad, and are at the same time heated...putrid dangerous fevers ? that soldiers and seamen, who must march and labour in the sun, should in the East or West Indies have an uniform of white ?...
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Essays and Letters, Volumes 1-2

Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...because in such clothes the hody is more heated by the sun when we walk abroad, andareatthesametimeheated by the exercise; which double heat is apt to bring...putrid dangerous fevers ? that soldiers and seamen, who must march and lahour in the tun, should in the East or West Indies have an uniform of white *...
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American Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 2

1825 - 314 pages
...white ones ; became, in such cloths the body ie more heated by the sun when we walk abroad, and is the same time heated by the exercise, which double heat is apt to bring on putrid fevers Soldiers and seamen, who must march and labour in the sun, should, in the East or West Indies,...
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The Repertory of patent inventions [formerly The Repertory of arts ..., Volume 1

1834 - 462 pages
...management and adaptation of heat. Dr. Franklin (Dr. Franklin's works, London 1806; vol. ii. p. 109) who never lost sight of practical utility in his scientific...hats should be generally worn in summer; and that garden-walls for fruit trees would absorb more heat front being blackened. Count Rumford and Sir Everard...
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Pseudodoxia epidemica, books 4-7. The garden of Cyrus. Hydriotaphia ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 532 pages
...author of the paper, from the result of his experiments with coloured cloths on the absorption of beat, drew the conclusion, " that black clothes are not...heat from being blackened. "Count Rumford and Sir Evrd. Home, on the contrary," Dr. Stark continued, "come to a conclusion entirely the reverse of this....
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