| RefNo | PP/20/2 |
| Previous numbers | PP/52/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On a new form of Air Leyden, with application to the measurement of small electrostatic capacities' by Lord Kelvin [William Thomson] |
| Date | 1892 |
| Description | Thomson writes: 'In the title of this paper as originally offered for communication “Air Condenser” stood in place of “Air Leyden" but it was accompanied by a request to the Secretaries to help me to a better designation than “Air Condenser” (with its ambiguous suggestion of an apparatus for condensing air), and I was happily answered by Lord Rayleigh with a proposal to use the word “leyden” to denote a generalised Leyden jar, which I have gladly adopted. The apparatus to be described affords, in conjunction with a suitable electrometer, a convenient means of quickly measuring small electrostatic capacities, such as those of short lengths of cable.'
Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes notes to the printer.
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments
Received 31 May 1892. Read 2 June 1892.
A version of this paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a new form of Air Leyden, with application to the measurement of small electrostatic capacities'. |
| Extent | 22p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1892.0048 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |