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XVI.—The Loss of Heat by Conduction from the Earth's Crust in Britain

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The object of this paper is to record certain temperatures which were measured in the deep Boreland Bore, near Dysart, in Fife, and to discuss the bearing of these and some other observations on the amount of heat which escapes from the crust, by conduction, in Britain.

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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1940

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