At night, the container is brought inside, where the heat is released at approximately the temperature of the human body as the wax re-solidifies.

晚上，把圆锥容器拿到屋子里，圆锥中的石蜡凝固时放出的温度和人体温度相似。

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They would bomb it, they would burn it, they would put it in this container inside water, and see how high the water temperature raises and that would give you a sense of the number of calories that it has.

研究人员会燃烧它,放入浸在水里的量热器,然后观察水温上升了多少,我们就对这种食物热量有所了解了

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