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(1859). X. On the mean length of the paths described by the separate molecules of gaseous bodies on the occurrence of molecular motion: together with some other remarks upon the mechanical theory of heat. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Vol. 17, No. 112, pp. 81-91.
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