He explained (to a student?) why we feel cold in draughts
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS X (1059-1067)
1060
Summary:
Question: if air is warmed by movement, why do we feel cold when in a draught? Answer to a student (?): basically that the air that normally reaches us is cooler than us, whereas in the baths hot air warms us
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain)
student (?) of Michael Psellos (
Anonymus 2532
)
He asked why we feel cold in a draught, if air is warmed by movement;
Michael 61
replied that the air that normally reaches us is cooler than us, whereas in the baths hot air warms us (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 203, 231.7-232.4
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (
Michael 61
)
Question: if air is warmed by movement, why do we feel cold when in a draught? Answer (to
Anonymus 2532
): basically that the air that normally reaches us is cooler than us, whereas in the baths hot air warms us (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 203, 231.7-232.4