| RefNo | PP/18/27/1 |
| Previous numbers | PP/50/29 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'On the relative densities of hydrogen and oxygen. II' by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt] |
| Date | 1892 |
| Description | Strutt writes: 'In a preliminary notice upon this subject, I explained the procedure by which I found as the ratio of densities 15.884 [see PP/11/23]. The hydrogen was prepared from zinc and sulphuric, or from zinc and hydrochloric, acid, and was liberated upon a platinum plate, the generator being in fact a Smee cell, enclosed in a vessel capable of sustaining a vacuum, and set in action by closing the electric circuit at an external contact.'
Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes two diagrams of experimental apparatus.
Subject: Chemistry / Physics
Received 5 February 1892 / 6 February 1892. Read 18 February 1892.
A version of this paper was published in volume 50 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the relative densities of hydrogen and oxygen. II'. |
| Extent | 46p |
| 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.1891.0058 |
| RelatedRecord | PP/11/23 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6090 | Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist | 1842 - 1919 |