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IN reply to Prof. Tait's criticism (NATURE, December 31, 1891, p. 199) of my paper (December 17, p. 152), I wish to say that I certainly do not consider Van der Waals's b as an absolute constant. Perhaps it may be interesting to show how the limits of its variability can be determined.
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KORTEWEG, D. On Van der Waals's Isothermal Equation. Nature 45, 277 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/045277a0
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