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I OBSERVE that Mr. R. C. Nichols, in his letter to NATURE (vol. xii. p. 67), admits that the mean energy of molecules “may” remain the same at all points of a vertical column. It is not difficult to show that it must do so if the velocities are distributed among the molecules according to the exponential law.
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BURBURY, S. Equilibrium of Temperature in a Vertical Column of Gas. Nature 12, 107 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012107a0
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