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RefNoRR/12/288
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Joseph Larmor, to William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, regarding a paper 'On the applications of the kinetic theory to dense gases' by Samuel Hawksley Burbury
Date20 July 1895
DescriptionHas been away, and has written to George Hartley Bryan to arrange a discussion about the question posed, but does not know if he is out of the country. Refers to work of Johannes Diderik van der Waals. Does not profess to follow the author's logic clearly. Briefly discusses an election in Derry, Northern Ireland.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1896]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1896.0001 Vol.187 1896
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist1857 - 1942
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
NA5868Burbury; Samuel Hawksley (1831 - 1911)1831 - 1911
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