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MR. CULVERWELL, in his letter to NATURE of October 25, questions the existence of Boltzmann's minimum function, and asks will somebody tell us what the H-theorem really proves?
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BURBURY, S. Boltzmann's Minimum Function. Nature 51, 78 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051078a0
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