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Letter from William Ramsay, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'The variation of molecular surface-energy with temperature' by William Ramsay and John Shields

Reference number: RR/12/22

Date: 03 June 1893

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Outlines the precautions taken to minimise the risk of contamination in the apparatus and method. Provides reasoning for his conclusions. 'The proof of the pudding is in the eating, I think'. Comments on a paper by James Ballantyne Hannay that was read before the Society, whose formulae are 'utterly improbable'.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1893]

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RR/12/22
Earliest possible date
03 June 1893
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from William Ramsay, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'The variation of molecular surface-energy with temperature' by William Ramsay and John Shields, 03 June 1893, RR/12/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_22/letter-from-william-ramsay-to-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-the-variation-of-molecular-surface-energy-with-temperature-by-william-ramsay-and-john-shields, accessed on 15 March 2025

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