| Reference number | PP/5/23/2 |
| Previous numbers | PP/37/27 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagrams and photographs, 'Discharge through mercury vapour' by Arthur Schuster |
| Date | 1884 |
| Description | 21 photographs and six diagrams in pencil showing the process of electrical discharge through mercury vapour in a small vessel into which an electromagnet is introduced.
Subject: Chemistry / Electricity
Some of these diagrams were published in volume 37 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'The Bakerian Lecture. Experiments on the discharge of electricity through gases. Sketch of a theory'. |
| Extent | 13p |
| Format | Photograph |
| Diagram |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper; photographs |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1884.0038 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6483 | Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934) | 1851 - 1934 |