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THE first requirement of any theory of the conduction of heat and electricity in metals is that it shall satisfy the law discovered by Wiedemann and Franz in 1853, that metals have the same conductivity for heat and for electricity. Although modern determinations have shown that the law is approximate only, it is most appropriate that the original paper should be republished and made widely available. The editor, Prof. Wchnelt, has added a short life of Prof. Wiedemarin and a few notes as to more recent work on the same subject.
Über die Wärme-Leitungsfähigkeit der Metalle.
Arbeiten von G. Wiedemann und R. Franz. Herausgegebe von Prof. Dr. Arthur Wehnelt. (Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften, Nr. 222 . Pp iii + 39. (Leipzig: Akademisehe Verlagagesellschaft m.b.H., 1927.) 2.80 gold marks.
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Über die Wärme-Leitungsfähigkeit der Metalle . Nature 120, 764 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120764d0
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