Abstract: "The matters discussed are, by chapter: (1) the scope; (2) clothing as a quasi-physiological system interacting with the body; means of describing the thermal and moisture relations and experimentally determining characteristics coefficients of clothing; (3) the more usual structural description of clothing, and some of the possible variations of its structure or design; (4) heat and moisture relations in clothing; (5)physi9ologicla and field testing of clothing by wearing it; properties of clothing that require tests on living subjects; (6)means of testing physical properties of clothing which are related to comfort; (7) difference between fibers in relation to comfort, both thermal and moisture relations and nonthermal. A review with 460 references."

From Forward: "In publishing this monograph and making it available to the technical community we hope to stimulate additional investigations and studies which will contribute to our understanding of the basic requirements for make further improvements in the comfort performance of clothing, for the benefit both of soldiers and civilians alike."

Content: Technical Report 69-74-CE prepared by the Harris Research Laboratories Division of Gillette Research Institute under contract for the Clothing and Personal Life Support Equipment Laboratory to cover the developments and scientific research generated since the publication of the classic "The Physiology of Heat Regulation and the Science of Clothing" by L. H. Newburg in 1949. Chapters: The Factors Involved in the Study of Clothing; Clothing Considered as a System Interacting with the Body; Clothing Considered as a Structured Assemblage of Materials; Heat and Moisture Relations in Clothing; Physiological and Field Testing of Clothing by Wearing It; Physical Properties of Clothing and Clothing Materials in Relation to Comfort; and Differences Between Fibers With Respect to Comfort. Appendix (Conversion Tables). [Formerly AMC-NATICK-6].