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RefNoPP/23/21
Previous numbersPP/55/22
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On an anomaly encountered in determinations of the density of nitrogen gas' by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt]
Date1894
DescriptionStrutt writes: 'In a former communication I have described how nitrogen, prepared by Lupton’s method, proved to be lighter by about 1/1000 part than that derived from air in the usual manner. In both cases a red hot tube containing copper is employed, but with this difference. In the latter method the atmospheric oxygen is removed by oxidation of the copper itself, while in Lupton’s method it combines with the hydrogen of ammonia, through which the air is caused to pass on its way to the furnace, the copper remaining unaltered.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Chemistry / Physics

Received 16 February 1894 / 17 February 1894. Read 19 April 1894.

A version of this paper was published in volume 55 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On an anomaly encountered in determinations of the density of nitrogen gas'.
Extent14p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1894.0048
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh1842 - 1919
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