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Reference numberPP/17/23
Previous numbersPP/49/25
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'On the plasticity of an ice crystal' by McConnel
CreatorMcConnel; James C (fl 1888-1891)
Date1891
DescriptionMcConnel writes: 'Two years ago, in the ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society,’ was published an account of some experiments on the plasticity of ice made by Mr Kidd and myself [see PP/12/26] [...] Since our paper was written, my attention has been called to a passage in Professor James Thomson’s masterly article on "The Lowering of the Melting Point of Ice by Distorting Stress" ('Phil. Trans.,' 1849), in which he expresses the opinion that crystals whether of ice or other substances, are not plastic.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes eight plates of diagrams of experimental apparatus and observations.

Subject: Chemistry / Physics

Received 24 January 1891. Read 12 March 1891. Communicated by Richard Tetley Glazebrook.

A version of this paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the plasticity of an ice crystal'.
Extent40p
FormatManuscript
Diagram
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0099
Related records in the cataloguePP/12/26
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8225Glazebrook; Sir; Richard Tetley (1854 - 1935)1854 - 1935
NA6472Thomson; James (1822 - 1892)1822 - 1892
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