| RefNo | RR/7/52 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the thermodynamic theory of waves of finite longitudinal disturbance' by William John Macquorn Rankine to the Secretary of the Royal Society |
| Date | 9 March 1870 |
| Description | Provides an equation in relation to the paper and wishes it to be sent to the author.
Mentions that he has missed his past few lectures in Glasgow, due to the 'severe illness of Lady Thomson'.
Subject: Physics
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1870]. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1870.0015 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/7/51 |
| RR/7/53 |
| RR/7/54 |
| AP/51/10 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |
| NA1846 | Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872) | 1820 - 1872 |