| RefNo | PP/10/52/2 |
| Previous numbers | PP/42/53 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagrams, experimental equipment and results by J J [Joseph John] Thomson and H F [Hugh Frank] Newall |
| Date | 1887 |
| Description | Two diagrams, labelled figures 1-2, showing the condenser, electrometer and cells used in Thomson and Newall's experiments on the rate at which electricity leaks through liquids which are bad conductors of electricity. These are followed by eight pages of graphs, labelled figures 3-10, of experimental results for benzene, paraffin, carbon disulphide and olive oil.
Subject: Physics / Chemistry / Scientific apparatus and instruments
Prints of these diagrams were published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On the rate at which electricity leaks through liquids which are bad conductors of electricity'. |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0093 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1729 | Newall; Hugh Frank (1857 - 1944); astrophysicist | 1857 - 1944 |
| NA8288 | Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist | 1856 - 1940 |