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WITH the assistance first of Dr. J. K. Roberts, now of the National Physical Laboratory, and later of Mr. E. O. Hercus, I have been engaged for some years upon a determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat. It is believed that an indication of the lines upon which the experiment is being made may be of use to other workers in this branch of physics.
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LABY, T. The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. Nature 111, 877–878 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111877a0
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