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RefNoAP/36/9
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TitleUnpublished paper, 'Experimental researches on the movement of atmospheric air in tubes' by W D Chowne
CreatorChowne; W D (fl 1855)
Date1855
DescriptionChowne describes numerous experiments undertaken for the purpose of ascertaining the conditions under which atmospheric air is placed with regard to motion or rest, when within a vertical tube having one extremity communicating within the interior of a building, and the other in the open atmosphere. He shares the results of investigations undertaken between 1853 and 1855 to ascertain whether the ordinary state of atmospheric air contained in a vertical cylindrical tube, open at both ends, and placed in the still atmosphere of a closed room, is one of rest or of motion; and if of motion, to investigate the influences of certain changes in the condition of the atmosphere which either produce, promote, retard, or arrest the movement.

Includes eight pages of figures illustrating Chowne's tube systems. Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Physics / Pneumatics

Received 14 June 1855. Communicated by John Bishop.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Experimental researches on the movement of atmospheric air in tubes'.
Extent30p
FormatDrawing
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0107
RelatedRecordAP/38/29
AP/43/1
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CodePersonNameDates
NA329Bishop; John (1797 - 1873)1797 - 1873
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