Record

RefNoPP/1/25/2
Previous numbersPP/33/27
LevelItem
TitleFigures, experimental apparatus and results by J B [James Ballantyne] Hannay
CreatorHannay; James Ballantyne (1855-1931); Scottish chemist
Date1881
DescriptionA pencil drawing, labelled figure 1, showing a large block of wood with a groove cut in it. A tube with two upright arms runs horizontally through the groove. One end of the tube is connected to a vessel. This is followed by three graphs of experimental results.

Subject: Chemistry / Scientific apparatus and instruments

Received 22 February 1881. Read 10 March 1881 / January 26 1882. Communicated by George Gabriel Stokes.

Prints of the figure and graphs were published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On the limit of the liquid state'.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1881.0109
RelatedRecordRR/8/314
RR/8/284
RR/8/315
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
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