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Reference numberNLB/17/61
Alternative reference numberNLB/17 p33
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Joseph Ernest Petavel, [Fellow of the Royal Society]
Date8 July 1898
DescriptionRegarding 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'.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript and manuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8267Petavel; Sir; Joseph Ernest (1873 - 1936); engineer and physicist1873 - 1936
NA6673Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist1848 - 1915
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