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RefNoAP/28/26
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the connexion of radiant heat with electricity and magnetism' by Élie Wartmann
CreatorWartmann; Élie (fl 1846)
Date13 April 1846
DescriptionWartmann, Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Academy of Lausanne, shares details of experiments he has undertaken using a Locatelli's or an Agard's lamp with a parabolic reflector. He describes sources of heat, apparatus for polarisation, diathermanous bodies, electrical apparatus, thermometric apparatus, and his results.

Annotations in pencil throughout.

Subject: Physics / Radiation

Received 30 April 1846. Communicated by Michael Faraday.

Written by Wartmann in Lausanne [France].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8218Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher1791 - 1867
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