Illustrations of radiation

United Kingdom, 1947

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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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production company

Realist Films

Duration

00:07:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1947

Appears in

Transference of Heat

Group of items

Transference of Heat

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323018

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Heat

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Heating

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Physics

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Radiation

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

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Sound

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Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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