Episode number 3 of Series “Transference of Heat”.
Explains how heat sources emit radiations both as heat waves or infra-red waves and as light waves; how objects absorbing heat radiations rise in temperature; how heat is produced in glass-houses and how such glass-houses are cooled; explains the effects of clouds on radiation from the sun; shows how the shape of the earth results in different concentrations of the sun’s radiation at the poles and at the equator.
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ACMI Identifier
323018
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Heat
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Heating
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Physics
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)