The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-15

Some scientific 1aCeD and Pfinct-
Pies Plainly SEATED.

PIES Plainly SEATED.
The sheltefing all animals from cold
weather, from chilling winds, which by
their rap6d motion carry on heat more
rapidly, b the way to save food and the
w1ste OF nesh. II by stopping this waste
Of heat from the surface oil the food
consumed will not be wanted to make
heat, . portion Of It can 60 to increasing
the flesh, that IL, to producing growth,
or more can be used In making milk,
eggs, etc., within the animal.
Dyspeptic persons, those having fee
bic digestion, or poor appetite, get less
suffer from cold. Such persons need .
in9s. and warmer clothing to retain the
heat that 10 produced. This applies to
al animals.
Close fitting garments, garters, lacing,
boots, shoes. neckties, eto., that prevent
free, easy circulation of the blood, each
and all diminish the amount of heat
produced, and its uniform distribution.
Exercise promotes more rapid circula-
ton 0fthe blood and increase heat pro-
ducti0n.
Rubbing wet horses and other AMI
mails dry IL very useful, not emily to save
heat but also to save cOld-taktng, ~ ex-
planned in our last NUMBER For the
same reason any damp garments should
be replaced with dry ones a. soon as
possible, or enough covering be added
to prevent chilliness from the evapora-
ton.
Free perspiration (sweating) in hot
weather carries off q large amount of
heat. and keeps down the temperature.
II perspiration be checked, spOnging
with water aids In cases Of sunstrOke or
depression from heat. PersOns have
gone into hot ovens unframed BY en-
casing themselves in m0istened gar
ments, the evaporation keeping down
the heat about the body. Green wood,
besides its Inconvenience, Is very UNI
profitable. A large amount Of heat
which the dry portions would yield IL
lost by being carried off in the evalOra-
ton az the zap. So Of any wet or damp
fuel Of any Kind.
As confinen air - a poor conductor of
heat. all fabrics that are porous, that are
full If little interstices, tuter or holes
filled with air, are the best protectors to-
keen heat from escaping from the sur
face Of the tM,ny. 4 loosely woven gar
ulent or bed covering is warnIes than a
cOMmact. fir1nly-wOven one, because the
mir i'm the texture Of the former cOlI-
ducts away heat less rapidly than the
more solid ones. I.OOse-titting gar
ments arr warmer than clOse-tttting
ones. for reasons alnve given, and also
because the air space between them and
the skin is . non-t'OnaluctOr Of heat.
Stone. brick ar wooden walls, with
m.rncnOiic,,lar air spaces in them are
warmer than solid walls, because the air
conducts the heat away le>s than the
solid materials. A sheathing Of tarrsrt
mI.r or ,s,steln,ard, or Of any thick pa-
'x.r even, placed midway l~twec;' the
eM,,-lmar,iinga nd the plastering, to form
two thin mir chambers instead! Of one,
adds greatly ~ the warmth Ut the house
or other building. Two haif-incl'
boards, sct a little apart to leave an air
space between, make u far warmer
house wall than the same thickness Of
wMni in inch boards.
\ layer Of loose straw put between the
earth banking-up Of Il cellar a:l''s much
tn the warmth on account If the nt~neS
Of the straw. The same is true in coy
cring sots or apples t" be left out IN
hca1s over winter.
Double glass windows are several
times warmer than single glass. because
Of the no,,-tslal.,ctiny film of air H.
tween. 80 Of double doors.
Moving air beth carries off heat faster
of itself and also increases evaporation,
thus largely diminishing the teml"r:'-
ture. 4 very small crack in window,
under or over, or ly the side ola door
or = sash, or elsewhere, produces draft
that requires extra fuel to 'rl'l!crac'
the effects. .-.AMrriewn .ly,;c"'f"ri*f.