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Show ;" ; t Fat Man Stands Heat Better Than Thin One Washington. Fat men stand J the heat better than lean ones, the bureau of mines has estab- a J llshed through experiments in a J 4, specially constructed chamber 4 at Pittsburgh. The fat men, the bureau J found, lost more weight when J subjected to uncomfortably hot temperatures, but they were $f 4- less exhausted when they were relieved. In a slate of rest anil In still nir, the expcriinenls dis- cletsed, the human body cannot endure indefinitely a tempera- tare higher than 00 decrees .5. Fahrenheit with 100 per cent .; relative humidity. : Pulse rate, rather than rise in 1" ? v bodily temperature it was dis- ? covered, apparently determines the extent of discomfort In high '( temperatures. Subjects became 4. verv uncomfortable when the ? j 4 pulse reached 1H5 pulsations a minute, and unbearable symp- . tutus appeared at lfiO. The highest pulse rale recorded was t ,M- f The American Society of Heat- ing and Velllilalin:; EnL-ineeTs cn-operatetl in the experiments which were desin'-d to afford a j study of conditions as the n;iit aff---t miners. ':' : :- : : : : - : ! -s |
