Record

RefNoPP/12/12/2
Previous numbersPP/44/13
LevelFile
TitleDiagrams, experimental equipment and results by James Monckman
CreatorMonckman; James (1842-1905); British scientist; teacher
Date1888
DescriptionTwo pages of diagrams, labelled figures 1-6 and 9-11, showing equipment unsed by Monckman in his investigations into the effect of occluded gases on the thermo-electric properties of bodies, and two pages of graphs, labelled figures 7-9, showing the results of Monckman's experiments on carbon, lead, platinum and graphite.

Subject: Physics / Electricity

Prints of these diagrams were published in volume 44 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On the effect of occluded gases on the thermo-electric properties of bodies, and on their resistances; also on the thermo-electric and other properties of graphite and carbon'.
Extent4p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
Digital imagesView item on Science in the Making
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1888.0027
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