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The high scientific position which Prof. Foster holds, as well as the decided manner in which his letter was written, must lead the otherwise unbiassed reader to the conclusion that not only has a satisfactory explanation of the action in question been found and generally adopted, but that this explanation turns upon certain considerations, and particularly on the mean length of the path of the gaseous molecules as influenced by the degree of rarefaction.
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REYNOLDS, O. The Radiometer and its Lessons. Nature 17, 27 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/017027a0
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