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RefNoPP/8/22/2
Previous numbersPP/40/27
LevelItem
TitleFigures, experimental equipment by J J [Joseph John] Thomson and R [Richard] Threlfall
Date1886
DescriptionFour figures in black ink, labelled figures 1-4, showing a series of vessels and tubes used by Thomson and Threlfall in their investigations into an effect produced by the passage of an electric discharge through pure nitrogen.

Subject: Chemistry / Physics / Electricity

These figures were published in volume 40 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On an effect produced by the passage of an electric discharge through pure nitrogen'.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0046
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
NA6235Threlfall; Sir; Richard (1861 - 1932); physicist and chemical engineer1861 - 1932
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