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RefNoAP/63/8
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Observations on variations in the electromotive force between metals at high temperatures in fused salts' by Thomas Andrews
Date1885
DescriptionAndrews presents a brief overview of existing research into reversals of the electromotive force between platinum and other metals in fused salts before sharing his own experimental observations and results.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes two diagrams of Andrews' experimental equipment in the text.

Subject: Physics / Electricity / Chemistry

Received 12 March 1885. Communicated by Henry Roscoe.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 38 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Observations on variations of the electromotive force between metals at high temperatures in fused salts'.
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
Diagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1884.0092
RelatedRecordRR/9/249
RR/9/250
RR/9/251
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8277Roscoe; Sir; Henry Enfield (1833 - 1915)1833 - 1915
NA6955Andrews; Thomas (1847 - 1907)1847 - 1907
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