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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

Reference number: RR/10/94

Date: 08 June 1887

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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]

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RR/10/94
Earliest possible date
08 June 1887
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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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, 08 June 1887, RR/10/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_94/letter-from-joseph-john-thomson-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-some-applications-of-dynamical-principles-to-physical-phenomenapart-ii-by-joseph-john-thomson, accessed on 16 May 2026

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