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2. On the Absolute Zero of the Perfect Gas Thermometer; being a Note to a Paper on the Mechanical Action of Heat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

W. J. Macquorn Rankine Esq.
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Temperature being measured by the pressure of a perfect gas at constant density, the absolute zero of temperature is that point on the thermometric scale at which, if it were possible to maintain a perfect gas at so low a temperature, the pressure would be null.

As no gas is entirely devoid of cohesion, the immediate results of experiment give only approximations to the position of this absolute zero. These approximate positions approach nearer to the true position as the gas is rarefied.

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Proceedings 1852-53
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 3 , 1857 , pp. 160 - 161
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857

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