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RefNoAP/39/9
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On the thermo-electricity of ferruginous metals, and on the thermal effects of stretching solid bodies' by J P [James Prescott] Joule
Date28 January 1857
DescriptionJoule briefly describes a series of experiments made with a thermo-multiplier placed in the vacuum of an air-pump.

Subject: Physics / Electricity / Thermodynamics

Received 29 January 1857. Read 29 January 1857.

Written by Joule in Oak Field, Moss Side, Manchester [England].

This paper was published in full in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the thermo-electricity of ferruginous metals, and on the thermal effects of stretching solid bodies'.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0093
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7041Joule; James Prescott (1818 - 1889); physicist1818 - 1889
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