| Reference number | RR/8/194 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On certain dimensional properties of matter in the gaseous state. - Part I. Experimental researches on thermal transpiration of gases through porous plates and on the laws of transpiration and impulsion, including an experimental proof that gas is not a continuous plenum. - Part II. On an extension of the dynamical theory of gas, which includes the stresses, tangential and normal, caused by a varying condition of gas, and affords an explanation of the phenomena of transpiration and impulsion' by Osborne Reynolds |
| Date | 3 September 1879 |
| Description | Has been sent relevant correspondence by James Clerk Maxwell, which he has read carefully. Refers to George Johnstone Stoney, whose theory he believes was controverted by the author. The author should correctly refer to George Johnstone Stoney's theory.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society] |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1879.0078 Vol.170 1879 |
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| RR/8/196 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist | 1824 - 1907 |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |
| NA6993 | Reynolds; Osborne (1842 - 1912) | 1842 - 1912 |