Record

RefNoPP/1/38/2
Previous numbersPP/33/40
LevelItem
TitleFigures, colliery explosions by W [William] Galloway
CreatorGalloway; Sir; William (1840-1927); Scottish mining engineer; industrialist
Date1881
DescriptionThree figures, labelled figures 1-3, showing the length of the flames obtained in the explosions carried out by Galloway and a side view of the gallery used by Galloway in his experiments.

Subject: Chemistry / Physics

Prints of these figures were published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On the influence of coal-dust in colliery explosions. No. IV'.
Extent3p
FormatPrinted
Drawing
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1881.0129
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1159Scott; Robert Henry (1833 - 1916)1833 - 1916
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