| RefNo | RR/12/22 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from William Ramsay, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'The variation of molecular surface-energy with temperature' by William Ramsay and John Shields |
| Date | 3 June 1893 |
| Description | Outlines the precautions taken to minimise the risk of contamination in the apparatus and method. Provides reasoning for his conclusions. 'The proof of the pudding is in the eating, I think'. Comments on a paper by James Ballantyne Hannay that was read before the Society, whose formulae are 'utterly improbable'.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1893] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1893.0013 Vol.184 1893 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/12/20 |
| RR/12/21 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6172 | Ramsay; Sir; William (1852 - 1916); physical chemist | 1852 - 1916 |
| NA6090 | Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist | 1842 - 1919 |