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TRANSFER OF HEAT 107<br />

is all-important. Between these extreme c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s, the rela-<br />

tive importance of c<strong>on</strong>ducti<strong>on</strong> and surface transmissi<strong>on</strong> (c<strong>on</strong>-<br />

vecti<strong>on</strong> and radiati<strong>on</strong>) varies with each case c<strong>on</strong>sidered. In<br />

determining the total transmissi<strong>on</strong> of three-inch <strong>cork</strong>board<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> in still air, an error of about ten per cent is intro-<br />

duced if the surface effects <strong>on</strong> both sides are disregarded<br />

while in the case of a single thickness of brick, the resistance<br />

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