THEORY OF EXCHANGES
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Definitions of THEORY OF EXCHANGES
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A theory introduced by Prevost, for explaining the equilibrium of temperature of any body, is founded on the supposition that the quantity of heat which a body diffuses by radiation is equal to the quantity which it receives by radiation from surrounding bodies, and which it either absorbs wholly or in part.
By Daniel Lyons