单词 | calefaction |
例句 | For, though fire by heating, both liquefies and rarefies, there are not two powers in fire, one of liquefaction, the other of rarefaction: and fire produces all such actions by its own power of calefaction. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province They have their cold days, but only now and then, and they do not deem it worth their while to provide against them: the science of calefaction is reserved for the north. Life of Father Hecker When the ingenious musician withdrew the bull's horn from his mouth, and paused after his labours in a state of extreme calefaction, murmurs of applause ran all round the room. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 |
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