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RefNoPP/21/5
Previous numbersPP/51-53/6
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'The electrolysis of steam' by Joseph John Thomson
Date1893
DescriptionThomson writes: 'It is well known that steam is split up into hydrogen and oxygen when an electric discharge passes through it. A very careful examination of the laws of this phenomenon was made more than thirty years ago by Perrot; as his results are very remarkable, and seem to be not at all well known, I will describe, as briefly as possible, his apparatus, and the results he obtained with it.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes four pages of diagrams of experimental apparatus.

Subject: Physics / Electricity

Received 18 February 1893. Read 9 March 1893.

A version of this paper was published in volume 53 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The electrolysis of steam'.
Extent24p
FormatManuscript
Printed
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PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1893.0013
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
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