| RefNo | MM/16/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Sir Frederick Abel to Lord Rayleigh |
| Date | 13 December 1892 |
| Description | Enclosing three statements referring to Hermann Sprengel's dispute with Abel over recognition of the discovery of the explosibility of wet guncotton through cumulative detonation.
The three statements are: a Memorandum disagreeing with Sprengel's statement to the Royal Society on the matter; a note from Abel's laboratory assistant EO Brown dating from 1872 on carrying out experiments with wet guncotton and a official letter from the Director of Artillery at the War Office (19 November 1872), in which Brown's original experiments are reported. |
| Extent | 11 sides |
| Format | Manuscript and typescript documents |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3596 | Abel; Sir; Frederick Augustus (1827 - 1902); chemist and explosives expert | 1827 - 1902 |
| NA6484 | Sprengel; Hermann Johann Phillipp (1834 - 1906); chemist | 1834 - 1906 |