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Letter from J W Capstick, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the ratio of the specific heats of some compound gases' by J W Capstick

Reference number: RR/12/292

Date: 17 May 1895

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Has found answers to the questions from the referees in his notebooks. The details had been omitted to save space. Provides outline of his purification methods, as requested. Refers to work of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Launel [?].

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]

Reference number
RR/12/292
Earliest possible date
17 May 1895
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from J W Capstick, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the ratio of the specific heats of some compound gases' by J W Capstick, 17 May 1895, RR/12/292, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_292/letter-from-j-w-capstick-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-on-the-ratio-of-the-specific-heats-of-some-compound-gases-by-j-w-capstick, accessed on 04 November 2024

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