| Reference number | MC/5/106 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from J P [James Prescott] Joule, Acton Square, Salford, to Colonel [Edward] Sabine, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 23 May 1853 |
| Description | Expressing his discontent at references made to some of his experiments in a letter from M Regnault, published in the 'Proceedings' on 21 April 1853. Joule includes a quote, in French, of Regnault's reference and defends the limitations of his own experiment on the air engine, published in the first part of the 'Philosophical Transactions' 1852, p.74.
[The third page is on a different paper, labelled MC/5/106a within the volume.] |
| Language | English |
| French |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0108
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1852.0006 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7041 | Joule; James Prescott (1818 - 1889); physicist | 1818 - 1889 |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |