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LET perfectly elastic molecules of different kinds be in motion within a vessel with perfectly elastic sides, and let each kind of molecules be acted on by forces which have a potential, the form of which may be different for different kinds of molecules.
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CLERK-MAXWELL, J. On the Final State of a System of Molecules in Motion Subject to Forces of Any Kind . Nature 8, 537–538 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008537a0
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