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RefNoAP/71/9
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'A possible explanation of the two-fold spectra of oxygen and nitrogen' by E C C [Edward Charles Cyril] Baly
Date25 February 1895
DescriptionThe two spectra of oxygen are shown to be of a different nature. They behave differently, and reasons are given for their being in all probability the spectra of different gases. They may either be two spectra produced by different vibrations of the oxygen molecule, or they may be the spectra of two different modifications of oxygen, or the spectra of two distinct gases resulting from a dissociation of oxygen, a combination of which is called oxygen. It appeared worth while to undertake experiments with a view of testing the last of these.

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 27 February 1895. Read 21 March 1895. Communicated by William Ramsay.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 57 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'A possible explanation of the two-fold spectra of oxygen and nitrogen'.
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FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1894.0175
RelatedRecordRR/12/270
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6172Ramsay; Sir; William (1852 - 1916)1852 - 1916
NA1744Baly; Edward Charles Cyril (1871 - 1948)1871 - 1948
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