| RefNo | PP/10/6/1 |
| Previous numbers | PP/42/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'On the crimson line of phosphorescent alumina' by William Crookes |
| Date | 1886 |
| Description | Crookes writes: 'In a paper which I had the honour of communicating to the Royal Society in March, 1879, I described the phosphorescence of alumina and its various forms when under the influence of the electrical discharge in vacuo, in the following words:—"Next to the diamond, alumina in the form of ruby is perhaps the most strikingly phosphorescent stone I have examined.'
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes two diagrams of spectra.
Subject: Chemistry / Spectroscopy
Received 30 December 1886. Read 13 January 1887.
A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the crimson line of phosphorescent alumina'. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Printed |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1878.0158 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0009 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8188 | Crookes; Sir; William (1832 - 1919); chemist | 1832 - 1919 |