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On the contrary, not being a transparent and diathermanous body, it would absorb radiation from the sun and other stars, and would thus become warmed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

A brass tube AB, polished inside, and closed with plates of highly diathermanous rocksalt at either end, was fitted with stopcocks C and D for exhausting and admitting air or other gases or vapours.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

Rock-salt is diathermanous to heat from nearly all sources.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

Again, for all ordinary sources of radiant heat, bisulphide of carbon, both in the liquid and vaporous form, is one of the most diathermanous bodies ever known.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 by Various

The good conductor is diathermanous to the electric current; it allows free transmission without the development of heat.

From Faraday as a Discoverer by Tyndall, John