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RefNoPT/35/3/2
LevelItem
TitlePlate, figure 1 showing apparatus for testing ignition of wire in atmospheres of various gases by William Robert Grove
Date[1848]
DescriptionFigure 1 showing the apparatus used by Grove to conduct experiments on the ignition of a wire in the atmospheres of various gases, and the effect that these experiment have on a voltameter.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the effect of surrounding media on voltaic ignition'.

Received by the Royal Society on 10 August 1848. Read 14 December 1848.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk diagram on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0168
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1849.0005
RelatedRecordPT/35/3
PT/35/3
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7589Grove; Sir; William Robert (1811 - 1896)1811 - 1896
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