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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the vibrations and tones produced by the contact of bodies having different temperatures'.

Written by Tyndall at the Royal Institution. Received by the Royal Society on 16 January 1854. Read 26 January 1854.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 6, 1854.

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PT/48/1
Earliest possible date
01 January 1854
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Ink on paper
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23 pages
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Manuscript

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John Tyndall

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John Tyndall, Paper, 'On the vibrations and tones produced by the contact of bodies having different temperatures' by John Tyndall, 01 January 1854, PT/48/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_48_1/paper-on-the-vibrations-and-tones-produced-by-the-contact-of-bodies-having-different-temperatures-by-john-tyndall, accessed on 11 December 2024

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