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DR. WATSON has shown in his letter to NATURE of March 31 (p. 512) how the general methods of Maxwell and Boltzmann may be applied to the particular problem discussed by Prof. Burnside. He has also pointed out an error in Burnside's reasoning—namely, the non-introduction of the factor u − U + c?, whereby Burnside's conclusions at variance with the Maxwell-Boltzmann law of partition of energy are vitiated.
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BURBURY, S. Prof. Burnside's Paper on the Partition of Energy, R.S.E., July 1887. Nature 45, 533–534 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/045533b0
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