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The Kinetic Theory of Gases

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I DO not feel as if those who heard me ask some questions at the British Association at Oxford, about the kinetic theory of gases, exactly understood my difficulties. They are those of an onlooker, and so they may be of general interest. As several of them have been fairly satisfactorily answered, it may be worth while stating the present position of such an onlooker as myself.

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FITZGERALD, G. The Kinetic Theory of Gases. Nature 51, 221–222 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/051221c0

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