| RefNo | MM/16/10 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Sir Frederick Abel to Lord Rayleigh |
| Date | 23 November 1892 |
| Description | On receipt of the statement forwarded to him, by Dr Hermann Sprengel on "the discovery of the explosibility of wet guncotton through cumulative detonation".
Sprengel was taking issue with a paper by Abel published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' in 1874, over credit for this discovery. |
| Extent | 2 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3596 | Abel; Sir; Frederick Augustus (1827 - 1902) | 1827 - 1902 |
| NA6090 | Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh | 1842 - 1919 |
| NA6484 | Sprengel; Hermann Johann Phillipp (1834 - 1906) | 1834 - 1906 |