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Show The Skin's Heat Meters that measure the temperatures tempera-tures of stars, used to test the heat of the human skin, show that, contrary con-trary to popular belief, colored skin is virtually no better protection against heat than white complexions. complex-ions. Although black paint absorbs heat, it is found that black human skin' absorbs no more of it than white. The star meters, which pick up the human heat rays at a distance dis-tance and thus do not upset the skin's natural response by contact, show that man's skin measures heat changes as sensitively as the mos delicate thermometers. A normal person can feel a temperature rise at a rate of less than one thousandth thou-sandth of a degree per second. His subconscious faculties are aware of the change within three seconds and immediately set his skin "heat regulators" reg-ulators" to work. |