Brewer, E: Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Famil

Excerpt from A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar

Q. What is that stream of heat' called, which ¿ows thus, from one body, to another?

A. Calo'rio. Caloric, therefore, is the matter of heat, which asses from body to body; but heat is t e sensation, of warmth, produced by the in¿ux of Calo'ric.

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