RefNo | L&P/9/67 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Frigorific experiments on the mechanical expansion of air' by Erasmus Darwin |
Date | 22 November 1787 |
Description | Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Frigorific experiments on the mechanical expansion of air, explaining the cause of the great degree of cold on the summits of high mountains, the sudden condensation of aerial Vapour, and of the perpetual mutability of atmospheric Heat. By Erasmus Darwin, M. D. F. R. S. ; communicated by the Right Honorable Charles Greville, F. R. S'
Read 12 December 1787 |
Extent | 15p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1788.0005 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6942 | Darwin; Erasmus (1731 - 1802); physician, botanist and poet | 1731 - 1802 |