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RefNoPP/10/28
Previous numbersPP/42/28
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TitlePaper, 'Clausius's formula for the change of state from liquid to gas applied to Messrs. Ramsay and Young's observations on alcohol' by George Francis Fitzgerald
Date1887
DescriptionFitzgerald writes: 'Clausius, in Wiedemann’s "Annalen", vol. 14, 1881, pp. 279—290, and "Phil. Mag.", vol. 12, 1881, p. 381, and vol. 13, 1882, p. 132, has given an empirical formula for calculating the relation between the volume, pressure, and temperature of a substance in both liquid and gaseous states. The equation he gives is a continuous one for an isothermal, and he determines the pressure at which evaporation takes place by considering that the work done in the transformation from liquid to gas at a constant pressure must be equal to what would be done if the transformation took place along the continuous isothermal.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes three pages of graphs.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 14 March 1887. Read 31 March 1887.

A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Clausius's formula for the change of state from liquid to gas applied to Messrs. Ramsay and Young's observations on alcohol'.
Extent11p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0044
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7971Fitzgerald; George Francis (1851 - 1901)1851 - 1901
NA6172Ramsay; Sir; William (1852 - 1916)1852 - 1916
NA6164Young; Sydney (1857 - 1937)1857 - 1937
NA6666Wiedemann; Gustav Heinrich (1826 - 1899)1826 - 1899
NA8171Clausius; Rudolph Julius Emmanuel (1822 - 1888)1822 - 1888
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