Acc urate meas ureme nts of th e t herm al co ndu c ti viti e.s of Ar an d He ag ree with th e th eor.e ti cal va lu e of 2.51>7)c,. (7) = viscos it y, c,. =s pec i/l c hea t ca pacit y a t co ns ta nt vo lum e 1> is a nu m~e r s hghtl y gre ate r th a n 1 de pe ndin g u po n th e inte rm olec ul ar pote nti a l). Me as u!·e m e nts of th e the r ma l co nd~c.ti viti es of N, at 9.6 a nd 75°C as a fu ncti on of press ure up to 2.53 X 10' Pa help to app raIse th e va lt d lt y of o th e r meas ure me nt s of th e th e rm al co nd uc ti viti es of de nse gases. T he excess co nd uctI VIt y of nItroge n (th e ad diti o na l co nd uc ti vity resu ltin g fro m press ure) is s hown to be a fun c ti o n of o nl y th e de ns ity of th e nitroge n fro m 0 to 700 °C a nd pre ss ures u p to 1.3 X 10 8 P a.... . Key wo rd s : Ex cess th e rma l co nd ucti vit y of N2; th e rm a l co ndu ctI VIt y of Ar; th e r ma l co nd uc ll vlt y of He; th e rm a l co nd uc ti vit y of N,.