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Show Not a Full Explanation. Tho manifestation called heat Is with humans and most othor animals a sensation Indescribable From tho tlmo of Domocrltus -.nd Epicurus, -uid far back of that, tho mystery of tho sourco of' heat -was hotly discussed. As tlmo flow on nnd on tho tnystory was Bogregated Into learned words, and Sir Humphry Davy explained It all by saying that heat wan merely tho vibration of corpuscles of iho body. Ho did not tell of tho origin of tho corpusclos or why thoy vibrated. |