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RefNoPP/18/1
Previous numbersPP/50/1
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TitlePaper, 'Experiments on the discharge of Leyden jars' by Oliver Joseph Lodge
Date1891
DescriptionLodge writes: 'The following experiments among others were made in the course of 1888, beginning in February of that year. A brief account of the early experiments, with some of the deductions from them, was given in a couple of lectures to the Society of Arts in March, 1888, on Lightning Conductors; and in the ‘Electrician’ vols. 21, 22, 23, under the same title, a number of others were published at length, viz., the series of experiments relating to "the alternative path."'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physics / Electricity

Received 4 May 1891. Read 4 June 1891.

A version of this paper was published in volume 50 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Experiments on the discharge of Leyden jars'.
Extent84p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1891.0003
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8070Lodge; Sir; Oliver Joseph (1851 - 1940)1851 - 1940
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