( 1276 ) 
While I hope to publish a more detailed description of the investi- 
gation which has led to these results in the near future, and while 
new experiments are being prepared, which will enable me to attain 
a greater degree of accuracy, it seemed to me desirable to indicate 
briefly the present position of the problem *). 
1, That this is justified is apparent from important papers which I have just 
received as this goes to press; in one Nernst extends the investigation referred 
to in Comm. N°. 119 of the specific heats and is also independently led to assume 
a connection between the energy of vibrators and electrical resistance, and in the 
other this hypothesis is further developed by LiNpEMANN. 
Bik. RAT: SA. 
In the Proceedings of the Meeting of March 25, 1911. 
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(May 26, 1911) 
