frigorific

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It suffices to cause the current of water which issues from the condenser of the frigorific machine to pass into the worm of the boiler.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various

The following is the substance of his remarks on this subject: "Forests act as frigorific causes in three ways: "1.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

Rumford's views respecting frigorific rays have not been generally accepted, and Prevost's theory of exchanges completely explains the apparent radiation of cold without supposing that cold is anything else than the mere absence of heat.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

When Verezzi's senses are "chilled with the frigorific torpidity of despair," his eyes "roll horribly in their sockets."

From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Birkhead, Edith

It is the chilling influence of the ethereal stream which originated the idea among philosophers, of frigorific impressions, darted from a clear sky.

From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas