Letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the thermodynamic theory of waves of finite longitudinal disturbance' by William John Macquorn Rankine to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Reference number: RR/7/52
Date: 09 March 1870
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Provides an equation in relation to the paper and wishes it to be sent to the author.
Mentions that he has missed his past few lectures in Glasgow, due to the 'severe illness of Lady Thomson'.
Subject: Physics
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1870].
- Reference number
- RR/7/52
- Earliest possible date
- 09 March 1870
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Thomson, Letter from William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the thermodynamic theory of waves of finite longitudinal disturbance' by William John Macquorn Rankine to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 09 March 1870, RR/7/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_52/letter-from-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-the-thermodynamic-theory-of-waves-of-finite-longitudinal-disturbance-by-william-john-macquorn-rankine-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 23 June 2025
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XV. On the thermodynamic theory of waves of finite longitudinal disturbance External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1870
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1870.0015
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Referees' reports: volume 7, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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