On the Heat-loss through Bed-clothes

Abstract

The temperature distr bution between the surface of the skin and the surface of the quilt, when a man lies down on the bed, was measured by the thermo-couple. The heet-loss through the quilt is 9-14 kcal/h. m² which is about one severalth of that through the clothes, when a man is standing. The heat transfer coeffcient concerning to the surface of the quilt, which spreads horizontally, is 6.4 which is about half of that to the verticai surface of the cloth.