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RefNoAP/79/11
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'The ignition of gases at reduced pressure by continuous current break-sparks, and ionisation' by W M Thornton
CreatorThornton; W M (fl 1916)
Date1916
DescriptionThornton presents experimental observations on the ignition of gases at reduced pressure by continuous current break-sparks.

Subject: Physics / Chemistry

Received 23 March 1916. Communicated by Sir Charles Parsons.
Extent19p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRR/23/100
RR/23/101
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3128Parsons; Sir; Charles Algernon (1854 - 1931); engineer1854 - 1931
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