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MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL PAPERS . BY SIR W. THOMSON , LL.D. ,
D.C.L. , F.R.S. , Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow .
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MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL PAPERS . BY SIR W. THOMSON , LL.D. ,
D.C.L. , F.R.S. , Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow .
COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS FROM MAY , 1841
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