| RefNo | RR/8/102 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from James Clerk Maxwell, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Measurements of electrical constants. No. II. On the specific inductive capacities of certain dielectrics. Part I' by J E H Gordon |
| Date | 12 August 1878 |
| Description | Finds Robert Bellamy Clifton to be correct as regards the incorrect formula being used in the paper. Cannot remember giving the incorrect formula to the author, thinks it may have been in a letter, but is not sure how far he is responsible. Has communicated the issues with the author. Mentions the poor health of his wife.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1879] |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1879.0072 Vol.170 1879 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8259 | Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist | 1831 - 1879 |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |