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RefNoPP/1/36/2
Previous numbersPP/33/38
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, spectral lines by G D [George Downing] Liveing and J [James] Dewar
Date1882
DescriptionFour diagrams, labelled figures 1-4, showing a series of spectral lines produced by a Rutherford grating. These are followed by an unrelated page of six diagrams of the geometry of the human skull, labelled LXII-LXIV, LXVIII, LXX and LXXXVII.

Subject: Spectroscopy

Received 11 March 1882. Read 16 March 1882.

Prints of these diagrams were published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On the disappearance of some spectral lines and the variations of metallic spectra due to mixed vapours'.
Extent2p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1881.0127
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1468Liveing; George Downing (1827 - 1924)1827 - 1924
NA5870Dewar; Sir; James (1842 - 1923)1842 - 1923
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