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The female plant bears pistillate flowers which are 0.7 millimeters long and range in color from purple to bright red, and grow in clusters along catkins [2] that can grow up to fifty centimeters (19.5 inches) or more in length. [6] This feature is the primary reason the plant bears the nickname “red-hot cat tail”.
The domestic cat has a smaller skull and shorter bones than the European wildcat. [ 49] It averages about 46 cm (18 in) in head-to-body length and 23–25 cm (9.1–9.8 in) in height, with about 30 cm (12 in) long tails. Males are larger than females. [ 50] Adult domestic cats typically weigh 4–5 kg (8.8–11.0 lb).
Thermal comfort is the condition of mind that expresses subjective satisfaction with the thermal environment. [ 1] The human body can be viewed as a heat engine where food is the input energy. The human body will release excess heat into the environment, so the body can continue to operate. The heat transfer is proportional to temperature ...
Hot water reset. Hot water reset, also called outdoor reset ( ODR ), is an energy-saving automatic control algorithm for heating boilers that are typically fired with fuel oil or natural gas. A hot water reset control loop measures the outside air temperature; this information is used to estimate demand or heating load as the outdoor ...
Water is the chemical substance with chemical formula H 2 O; one molecule of water has two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom. [25] Water is a tasteless, odorless liquid at ambient temperature and pressure. Liquid water has weak absorption bands at wavelengths of around 750 nm which cause it to appear to have a blue color. [3]
Hybrid of the Abyssinian and Egyptian Mau × leopard cat ( Prionailurus bengalensis) Large. Short. Spotted, marbled, or rosetted. Birman. Developed in France; foundation stock from Burma (Myanmar) [ 11] The original Birman was crossed with the Siamese and the Persian to create the Birman of today. Cobby.
Of house fires that result in death, smoking causes 25% and heating devices cause 22%. [5] Almost half of injuries are due to efforts to fight a fire. [5] Scalding is caused by hot liquids or gases and most commonly occurs from exposure to hot drinks, high temperature tap water in baths or showers, hot cooking oil, or steam. [31]
The wet-bulb temperature is the lowest temperature that can be reached under current ambient conditions by the evaporation of water only. Even heat-adapted people cannot carry out normal outdoor activities past a wet-bulb temperature of 32 °C (90 °F), equivalent to a heat index of 55 °C (131 °F).