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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: Re: opening of the first
- Date: 15 Nov 1992 16:29:01 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <3987.1017.uupcb@spacebbs.com> <1992Nov14.194836.5081@cs.rochester.edu>,<L27SBYL6@cc.swarthmore.edu>
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- In article <L27SBYL6@cc.swarthmore.edu>, dpeders1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Pedersen) writes:
- =dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz) writes:
- => I would dispute your claim. Triple paned glass windows are really
- => just conservation -- as long as you have a window, you want to make
- => the losses through it be low. If anything, this *reduces* solar
- => heating, as the triple pane windows are somewhat less transparent that
- => double pane.
- =
- =I disagree. Glass has a high transmission coefficient in the frequency
- =range of the visible spectrum and the range of the spectrum at which the
- =most enrgy is available in solar radiation. However it has a small
- =transmission coeff. in the thermal radiation range (IR). What this means is
- =that glass allows visible light to pass the energy in, but does not allow
- =the themal energy to escape. this is how greenhouses work.
-
- Please, before the next time you repeat this piece of folklore, talk to someone
- who actually knows something about greenhouses. Or ask about it in
- alt.folklore.science.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-