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Letter from William John Macquorn Rankine, on his paper 'On the thermodynamic theory of waves of finite longitudinal disturbance' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/7/54

Date: 24 May 1870

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Has read the reports on his paper by James Clerk Maxwell and William Thomson and has come to the conclusion that pages 14 to 19 should be omitted from his paper.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1870].

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RR/7/54
Earliest possible date
24 May 1870
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from William John Macquorn Rankine, on his paper 'On the thermodynamic theory of waves of finite longitudinal disturbance' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 24 May 1870, RR/7/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_54/letter-from-william-john-macquorn-rankine-on-his-paper-on-the-thermodynamic-theory-of-waves-of-finite-longitudinal-disturbance-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 23 June 2025

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