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...view it from the point of view of a "Dry," but those who are "moist" or "Wet" can hardly disregard this aspect of the problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 9, 1932 | 5/9/1932 | See Source »

...burn is caused by dry heat of 140° F. or more, a scald by moist heat of 120° F. or more. Their injuries to flesh are identical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Ten Months in an Oven | 3/28/1932 | See Source »

...infant, who likewise lacks sweat glands. He is too young to go ducking himself. So she dowses him from time to time with scuppers of water. Neither child can sleep unless his night clothes and mattress are wet. They take daytime naps in their damp cellar, with moist sacks for pillows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Turtle Folk | 12/14/1931 | See Source »

...bloom if tended by wicked persons. From its structure, I can readily believe the first to have been true. As to the second, my wife and the children take care of all the plants in our garden. Cut off the end and plant the cutting in some warm moist earth in your office and see if it will bloom for you. RALPH B. BOYDEN Key West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 20, 1931 | 4/20/1931 | See Source »

...could form. The ice would be blown away. Last week at Akron, the Goodrich company announced that a Lockheed Vega and a Douglas mail plane equipped with Dr. Geer's overshoes had been flown for the past four months under worst conditions (just below 32% in moist atmosphere). The planes' flying performance was unaffected. Geer overshoes are to be shown the public for the first time at the National Aircraft Show in Detroit, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Overshoes | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

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