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4. On the Mean Free Path, and the average Number of Collisions per particle per second in a Group of Equal Spheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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There is general agreement as to the value of the quantity nv, which expresses the fraction of the whole group whose members have speeds from v to v + dv; and as to the corresponding Mean Path pv,. The “mean,” in this case, is found according to the definition given by De Morgan:—

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Proceedings 1887-88
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 15 , 1889 , pp. 225 - 226
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1889

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