Letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the construction of a new calorimeter for determining the radiating powers of surfaces in air; and its application to the surfaces of various mineral substances' by William Hopkins
Reference number: RR/4/137
Date: 17 December 1860
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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].
- Reference number
- RR/4/137
- Earliest possible date
- 17 December 1860
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- Letter on paper
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Thomson, Letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the construction of a new calorimeter for determining the radiating powers of surfaces in air; and its application to the surfaces of various mineral substances' by William Hopkins, 17 December 1860, RR/4/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_137/letter-from-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-the-construction-of-a-new-calorimeter-for-determining-the-radiating-powers-of-surfaces-in-air-and-its-application-to-the-surfaces-of-various-mineral-substances-by-william-hopkins, accessed on 13 June 2026
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XXI. On the construction of a new calorimeter for determining the radiating powers of surfaces in air; and its application to the surfaces of various mineral substances External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1860
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1860.0022
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Paper, 'On the construction of a new calorimeter for determining the radiating powers of the surfaces; and its application to the surfaces of various mineral substances' by W [William] Hopkins
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