Nevertheless, we have been unable to trace any record of actual measurements of the thermal conductivity of human tissue. Bordier 1, in 1898, made experiments on beef tissue by a satisfactory method.

At the outset it has to be remembered that the conductivity of water is exceedingly small. As the result of the most recent observations it has been found that one millimetre of water has at 0 ...

Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518060 Shenzhen, P. R.

Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan ...