| RefNo | PP/2/12/1 |
| Previous numbers | PP/34/12 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'On a deep sea electrical thermometer' by C W [Charles William] Siemens |
| Date | 1882 |
| Description | Siemens writes on an instrument he described in his Bakerian Lecture for 1871 (see Proceedings of the Royal Society, volume 19), which is now 'largely used as a pyrometer for determining the temperatures of hot blasts and smelting furnaces.' He shares details of experiments made using the instrument.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes a circuit diagram relating to the thermometer.
Subject: Marine engineering
Received 7 June 1882. Read 15 June 1882.
A version of this paper was published in volume 34 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a deep sea electrical thermometer'. |
| Extent | 13p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1870.0066 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1882.0017 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6256 | Siemens; Sir; Charles William (1823 - 1883) | 1823 - 1883 |