Abstract
I THINK that most people prefer a cheerful glow to a dark or a dull red heat. Experiments have recently been carried out by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and the Medical Research Council (see World Power, 20, 229–304, Dec. 1933) to inquire into Sir Leonard Hill's statements on the nose opening rays due to bright incandescent sources such as lamps, coal-fires and modern gas fires, and the nose closing rays due to non-luminous sources. No evidence was obtained that any difference on nose opening is due to the temperature of the source, either bright or dull, but nose-closing rays were found with the clinical gas lamp specially recommended by Sir Leonard Hill. The conclusion is reached that nose-closing is duo to rapid heating of the skin and is independent of the quality of the radiation.
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Ventilation and Domestic Heating. Nature 136, 225 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136225b0
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