| Reference number | RR/10/94 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Joseph John Thomson, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Some applications of dynamical principles to physical phenomena.—Part II' by Joseph John Thomson |
| Date | 8 June 1887 |
| Description | Apologises for an accident which has destroyed the report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin [copy RR/10/93]. Offers to write what he remembers but the wording would not be the same. Refers to work of James Clerk Maxwell. Gives response to the objections of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1887] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1887.0016 Vol.178 1887 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/10/92 |
| RR/10/93 |
| RR/10/95 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8288 | Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist | 1856 - 1940 |
| NA6090 | Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist | 1842 - 1919 |