| RefNo | PP/19/8 |
| Previous numbers | PP/51-53/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the application of the safety-lamp to the detection of benzoline vapour and other inflammable vapours in the air' by Frank Clowes |
| Creator | Clowes; Frank (d 1923); British chemist |
| Date | 1892 |
| Description | Clowes writes: 'Since the vapour of benzoline and of petroleum spirit, when mixed with air, may become dangerously explosive and inflammable, it is found necessary to employ safety-lamps instead of naked lights to illuminate spaces which may contain such a mixture. The safety-lamp should accordingly be used in the neighbourhood of the oil tanks in petroleum-carrying steamers, in petroleum stores, and in chambers in which processes are carried on which involve the use of light petroleum oil.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Chemistry / Scientific apparatus and instruments
Received 24 March 1892. Read 31 March 1892. Communicated by Henry Edward Armstrong.
A version of this paper was published in volume 51 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the application of the safety-lamp to the detection of benzoline vapour and other inflammable vapours in the air'. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1892.0013 |
| RelatedRecord | PP/19/6 |
| PP/19/7 |
| PP/18/7 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8105 | Armstrong; Henry Edward (1848 - 1937); chemist and educationalist | 1848 - 1937 |