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27-09-2016, 05:02 PM
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Are they?
I always thought white reflected heat and black absorbed it?
Hence the letterbox look so the eyeballs don't fry.
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27-09-2016, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Morticia ->
Are they?
I always thought white reflected heat and black absorbed it?
Hence the letterbox look so the eyeballs don't fry.
You are of course quite correct my little porker!
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27-09-2016, 09:40 PM
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it had something to do with circulating air if I remember - damn it I wish I had a room full of old research papers? perhaps google might help?
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27-09-2016, 09:47 PM
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got it I think?

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal.../283373a0.html
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27-09-2016, 10:34 PM
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That was interesting ... and you're right, it's to do with circulating air and convection inside loose fitting robes.

I found another interesting nugget or two of info..
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-better-t...Why-or-why-not

Whilst black does absorb heat better ... whites reflective properties also means if your body's hot and sweaty inside you clobber the white reflects it back onto you, whereas black would absorb it , helping to cool you down.
Add to that UV rays penetrate white easier than black.
These desert trotters do know what they doing .. afterall they should know best.
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27-09-2016, 10:52 PM
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now all those british soldiers in india wore bright red clobber - I wonder what that did for them?
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27-09-2016, 10:56 PM
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Hid the blood stains?

It does make you wonder why it took so long for some bright spark to suggest ... camouflage.
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27-09-2016, 11:32 PM
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Hid the blood stains?

It does make you wonder why it took so long for some bright spark to suggest ... camouflage.
what i can't understand is that britain once ruled an empire on which the sun never set - how the effin hell did we lose it all? - army too small?
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28-09-2016, 06:59 AM
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Good Morning anyone.....

A cloudy day, with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, and mist and fog over some hills, although with some brighter spells in the south-east. It will also be breezy, particularly near the coast and a little milder than yesterday..

.................Or at least that's what the weathermen say
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29-09-2016, 06:24 AM
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Good Morning anyone.....

A windy day, particularly through the morning, with winds easing a little during the afternoon. Otherwise, largely dry with sunny spells, but feeling cool, with heavy and thundery showers possible later in the afternoon, mainly in the north.

.................Or at least that's what the weathermen say
 
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