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RefNoPP/8/23
Previous numbersPP/40/28
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TitlePaper, 'Some experiments on the production of ozone' by J J [Joseph John] Thomson and R [Richard] Threlfall
Date1886
DescriptionThomson and Threlfall write: 'The first experiment was made in order to see whether ozone could be formed by placing oxygen in a very strong electric field, the field, however, being just not strong enough to cause sparks to pass through the gas. This experiment finally took the following form:—ABC is a box made of flat pieces of glass about 1/16th of an inch thick, fastened together with paraffin; into the box two glass tubes, G and H, are inserted, the air entering the box through G, and leaving it through H. Against one side of the box a glass bottle, D, with flat sides, is placed and filled with water containing a little sulphuric acid, this serves as one electrode; the other electrode is a blackened tin plate, E, placed against the opposite side of the box, the distance between the electrodes being an inch and a half.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes one diagram of experimental apparatus.

Subject: Physics / Electricity

Received 1 May 1886. Read 6 May 1886.

A version of this paper was published in volume 40 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Some experiments on the production of ozone'.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Diagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0047
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
NA6235Threlfall; Sir; Richard (1861 - 1932); physicist and chemical engineer1861 - 1932
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