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  <dc:title>Letter, from Joseph A. F. Plateau to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gand</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Submits some observations concerning the experiment mentioned in John Frederick William Herschel's last letter [1864-9-25]. Discusses in detail his results of an experiment concerning the impossibility of a stable equilibrium. Decides stable equilibrium exists only in vertical position, not in horizontal. Sends another copy of his latest paper. Mentions a printing error in his memoir concerning molecular attraction.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>6 October 1864</dc:date>
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