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Fig. 13.— Cooling by forcing air from top downward.— Relative drop in temperature of bottles of milk at 



different positions in stack. 



by the convection current set up in the liquid itself and to a lesser 

 extent by conduction. 



The results obtained by reversing the direction of the air through 

 the stack are now given. The curve in figure 15 shows the results 

 obtauied by blowing cold air downward through the stack of crates. 

 The supply of cold air was at an average initial temperature of 

 39.6° F. (4.2° C), and the air velocity was 2,512 feet a minute. The 

 air conditions in the two experiments were practically the same;, 



