Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Physics - did they know more in 1910?

Now that it's later in the antipodean summer, I'm realizing other aspects of how well this house in Sydney is designed to deal with heat. The winter sun shines on the front porch and heats the bricks. The summer sun is blocked from shining on the front porch. By 10 am in the winter, the front bricks would be warm. Now, 10 am in the summer, they're still cool. 1910 - when there was less technology, and better knowledge of simple physics.

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