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He subsequently experimented, in a similar way, with other metals, and finally adopted Senarmont's method for the study of conductibility.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various

The difference evidently depends on the conductibility of certain rocks.

From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules

My means of doing this depended on two of the best-established peculiarities of this strange force: its rectilinear direction and its conductibility.

From Across the Zodiac by Greg, Percy

This apparently astounding acoustic mystery is easily explainable by simple natural laws; it arose from the conductibility of the rock.

From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules

The greatness of the mass, and the small conductibility of water for heat, prevent a more speedy refrigeration.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina