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RefNoPP/6/25/2
Previous numbersPP/38/24
LevelItem
TitleFigures, experimental equipment and results by W H [William Henry] Preece
Date1885
DescriptionFive figures, labelled figures 1-5, showing a circuit used by Preece in his investigations into the behaviour of glow-lamps when raised to high incandescence, and the glow-lamps used. Includes five prints of the same.

Subject: Electricity / Chemistry

Received 18 March 1885. Read 26 March 1885.

The printed figures were published in volume 38 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On a peculiar behaviour of glow-lamps when raised to high incandescence'.
Extent10p
FormatDrawing
Print
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1884.0093
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8011Preece; Sir; William Henry (1834 - 1913)1834 - 1913
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