| Reference number | NLB/17/61 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/17 p33 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Joseph Ernest Petavel, [Fellow of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 8 July 1898 |
| Description | Regarding Petavel's paper 'On the heat dissipated by a platinum surface at high temperatures', Rucker wishes to draw Petavel's attention to the accompanying criticisms by the paper's referees. The criticism concerns a point of language on folio nine of the type-written copy regarding the use of the term 'absolute' which in physics has a definite technical meaning. What Petavel calls 'absolute emissibility [sic]' seems to be analogous to what Regnault spoke of as 'true specific heat', in contradistinction from 'mean specific heat'. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Physical description | Typescript and manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8267 | Petavel; Sir; Joseph Ernest (1873 - 1936); engineer and physicist | 1873 - 1936 |
| NA6673 | Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist | 1848 - 1915 |