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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On stresses in rarified gases arising from inequalities of temperature' by James Clerk Maxwell

Reference number: RR/8/123

Date: 15 June 1878

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has communicated directly with the author on a few notes and remarks on the paper. Suggests adding clarifying statements to the experimental method. Refers to work of Joseph Fourier. Isaac Newton, Peter Guthrie Tait, James Dewar and George Gabriel Stokes. Suggests the author make further investigatios.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1879]

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RR/8/123
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15 June 1878
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Letter on paper
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18 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On stresses in rarified gases arising from inequalities of temperature' by James Clerk Maxwell, 15 June 1878, RR/8/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_123/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-stresses-in-rarified-gases-arising-from-inequalities-of-temperature-by-james-clerk-maxwell, accessed on 03 December 2024

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