Record

RefNoPP/12/10/2
Previous numbersPP/44/10
LevelItem
TitleDiagram, experimental equipment by Charles Romley Alder Wright and C Thompson
CreatorThompson; C (fl 1887-1891); British chemist
Date1888
DescriptionA diagram showing Wright and Thompson's aeration plate covered by a bell jar to avoid 'alteration of the fluid by evaporation, attraction of moisture, carbonic acid, &c., from the air, falling in of dust, and so on'. The diagram is labelled and described in detail in the accompanying paper.

Subject: Chemistry / Electricity / Scientific apparatus and instruments

A print of this diagram was published in volume 44 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On the development of voltaic electricity by atmospheric oxidation'.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1888.0020
RelatedRecordPP/10/27
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1457Wright; Charles Romley Alder (1844 - 1894)1844 - 1894
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