Book 12. (1 results) Beasts of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 10 | 225 | This permits the warm air to View more quotes about escape">escape and its place is taken by fresh, cold air from the bottom. |
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Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 10 | 222 | Perspiration in the arctic winter, which can freeze on the body, and soak the clothing, which can then become like ice, brittle and useless, is a peril to be avoided if at all possible. |
| 10 | 223 | Yet the garment's design permits this danger to be nullified. |
| 10 | 224 | When the hunter becomes overheated he pulls down the neck of the parka. |
| 10 | 225 | This permits the warm air to escape and its place is taken by fresh, cold air from the bottom. |
| 10 | 226 | He thus, by closing or opening the throat of the garment, regulates its effectiveness according to his needs. |
| 10 | 227 | The warmth of most normal clothing, incidentally, is a function of layers of cloth, not of trapped, warmed air. |
| 10 | 228 | These many layers of clothing are, of course, heavy, cumbersome, and difficult to work in. |
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Perspiration in the arctic winter, which can freeze on the body, and soak the clothing, which can then become like ice, brittle and useless, is a peril to be avoided if at all possible.
Yet the garment's design permits this danger to be nullified.
When the hunter becomes overheated he pulls down the neck of the parka.
This permits the warm air to escape and its place is taken by fresh, cold air from the bottom.
He thus, by closing or opening the throat of the garment, regulates its effectiveness according to his needs.
The warmth of most normal clothing, incidentally, is a function of layers of cloth, not of trapped, warmed air.
These many layers of clothing are, of course, heavy, cumbersome, and difficult to work in.
- (Beasts of Gor)