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3. On the Foundations of the Kinetic Theory of Gases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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In a former paper, printed in Trans. Boy. Soc. Edin., 1886, I showed that the recovery of the “special” state by a gas supposed to consist of equal hard spheres takes place, at ordinary pressures and temperatures, in a period of the order of 10−9 seconds, at highest.

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Proceedings 1886-87
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 14 , 1888 , pp. 21 - 24
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1888

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