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Show Work It Intense Heat. "Persons who complain of tho hent when the thermometer roaches the nineties," said a stoamshlp engineer, "seldom think of the discomforts of men employed In gas works. In blast furnaces and In steamships, where the firemen havo to endure an atmosphere ranging from 118 to 140 degrees. In all these and many other places where big boilers are located the cen wear very little clothing, and whfle they, undoubtedly un-doubtedly suffer from tho exposure, they do not feel the heat aa much as might be supposed. The explanation of this fact is that these men are not reached by tho humidity. They are woiking In places where tho artificial heat Is so Intense as to drive out the humidity, and 118 or more degrees of heat in a pure, dry air Is not felt as much as a mixture of 90 degrees of heat and 80 per cent of humidity, that tells on. people and Borely tries tholr vitality." |