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Re: Waking up covered in dew
Nick Maclaren (nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk)
12 Aug 1996 08:42:35 GMT
In article <4ul58a$g99@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, mfeldman77@aol.com (MFeldman77) writes:
|> As any of us campers know (those of us who like to sleep outside the
|> tent), dew does not form on warm blooded skin. Dew is water condensation
|> on a cooled surface. Now the problem would be finding a surface to sleep
|> on, or keeping warm to begin with.
Um. Not quite. Dew forms quite effectively on naked skin if the
dew point is below the skin temperature, and I have had dew on my
skin in the UK. If you go around naked or near-naked in cold
conditions, your skin temperature is likely to be under 50 degrees
Fahrenheit (and quite likely under 40).
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England.
Email: nmm1@cam.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679
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