Reference number | AP/9/11/1 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'Some experiments on temperature, with a view to determine the ratio of temperatures and the point of absolute cold' by John Herapath |
Date | 15 May 1821 |
Description | Herapath recounts experiments undertaken to determine the point of absolute cold [absolute zero] using temperatures of gases in various experimental settings. Corrections, deletions, and annotations appear throughout in ink and graphite.
Subject: Physics
Written by Herapath in Cranford near London. Communicated by Davies Gilbert. Read to the Royal Society on 31 May 1821. |
Extent | 21p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Access status | Open |
Related records in the catalogue | AP/9/11 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8707 | Gilbert; Davies (1767-1839) | 1767-1839 |