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IN the August issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society (A 112 [1926], pp. 136–151) a paper by Messrs. Lambert and Hartley on “An Investigation of the Effects of Variations in the Radiation Factor on the Efficiency of Dewar Vessels” records some interesting experiments which suggest that copper has unique radiating properties at about the temperature of liquid oxygen. In this connexion a peculiar phenomenon came to my notice some months ago, and it is possible that the two sets of observations may be related.
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ALEXANDER, G. Copper at Low Temperatures. Nature 118, 590–591 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118590c0
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