In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
EMISSIVITY
Etymology
Noun
emissivity (plural emissivities)
(physics) The energy-emitting propensity of a surface, usually measured at a specific wavelength.
Source: Wiktionary
Em`is*siv"i*ty, n.
Definition: Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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