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RefNoPP/3/1/2
Previous numbersPP/35/1
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, experimental equipment and results by Shelford Bidwell
Date1883
DescriptionSix diagrams, labelled figures 1-6, showing an instrument used for regulating pressure in Bidwell's experiments, and graphs of the results of the experiments. Includes a title page.

Subject: Electricity

Received 18 January 1883. Read 1 February 1883. Communicated by William Grylls Adams.

Prints of these diagrams were published in volume 35 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On the electrical resistance of carbon contacts'.
Extent7p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0001
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6772Bidwell; Shelford (1848 - 1909)1848 - 1909
NA8034Adams; William Grylls (1836 - 1915)1836 - 1915
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