The specific heats of air, steam, and carbon dioxide

In a recent number is a criticism under the above title by Sir R. T. Glazebrook, of some figures given by me in a paper with the same title. I am accused of not giving Holborn and Henning's own figures, because I State that part of my curve is filled in from the researches of Swann, and of Holborn and Henning. As Swann and Holborn and Henning are not in agreement, it seems evident that one set figures cannot be used without some adjustment to the other set. These discrepancies were dealt with by the British Association Committee (of which Sir R. T. Glazebrook later became a member) in their 1908 Report, and the figures I give are in fairly close agreement with theirs for the low temperatures. I State in my paper (p. 492) that I find Holborn and Henning about 7½ percent. too low at 800°C. for air and steam, and I assume that the same error applies to the carbon dioxide. (Prof. Callendar suggests their error may be as much as 10 per cent. at 1400°C.) I have, therefore, distributed this error over the range for which I have used Holborn and Henning's figures. On this account it may be anticipated "that the figures at the higher temperatures are higher than the corresponding figures due to Holborn." I believe it is usual, when quoting the results of other workers, to attach their names to the figures quoted; this I have not done.