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Temperature vs. sensible heat

Thompson concluded with some comments on the important difference between temperature and sensible heat.

The... sensation of hot or cold depends not intirely upon the temperature of the body exciting in us those sensations... but upon the quantity of heat it is capable of communicating to us, or receiving from us... and this depends in a great measure upon the conducing powers of the bodies in question. The sensation of hot is the entrance of heat into our bodies; that of cold is its exit... This is another proof that the thermometer cannot be a just measure of sensible heat... or rather, that the touch does not afford us a just indication of... real temperatures.