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Apologises for the delay in responding to the letter [RR/12/286, first letter]. Wonders if the objection to the calculation is physical rather than mathematical. Discusses the proposed size changes to the journal volumes, and hopes this will not affect reprinting.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1896]

Reference number
RR/12/287
Earliest possible date
18 July 1895
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Hartley Bryan

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George Hartley Bryan, Letter from George Hartley Bryan, to William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, regarding a paper 'On the applications of the kinetic theory to dense gases' by Samuel Hawksley Burbury, 18 July 1895, RR/12/287, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_287/letter-from-george-hartley-bryan-to-william-thomson-1st-baron-kelvin-regarding-a-paper-on-the-applications-of-the-kinetic-theory-to-dense-gases-by-samuel-hawksley-burbury, accessed on 22 January 2025

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