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RefNoMC/5/161
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Thomson, 2 College, Glasgow, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date20 April 1854
DescriptionAdding a correction on a previous statement equating the effect of tension for thermoelectricity in both iron and copper. Thomson asks Weld to change a sentence in the postscript. Thomson furthermore asks for an update from the Grants Committee regarding a paper possibly to be published in the 'Proceedings'.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordAP/37/23
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
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