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Excerpt from Thermal Analysis-Human Comfort-Indoor Environments: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, February 11, 1977 A review is given of existing knowledge regarding the conditions for thermal comfort for man, emphasizing research data Obtained during recent years. Equations, indices, and diagrams predicting man's thermal sensation, comfort, and discomfort as a function of air temperature, mean radiant temperature, air velocity, humidity, clothing, and activity are discussed. The influence on comfort conditions of age, adaptation, sex, seasonal, and circadian rhythm, temperature swings, color, and noise are dealt with. The term climate monotony is considered. Local discomfort due to radiant asymmetry, vertical air temperature gradients, and non - uniformity of clothing are discussed. New preliminary research data are presented on limits for draft and on comfort limits for floor temperatures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.