| Reference number | PP/10/28 |
| Previous numbers | PP/42/28 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Clausius's formula for the change of state from liquid to gas applied to Messrs. Ramsay and Young's observations on alcohol' by George Francis Fitzgerald |
| Date | 1887 |
| Description | Fitzgerald writes: 'Clausius, in Wiedemann’s "Annalen", vol. 14, 1881, pp. 279—290, and "Phil. Mag.", vol. 12, 1881, p. 381, and vol. 13, 1882, p. 132, has given an empirical formula for calculating the relation between the volume, pressure, and temperature of a substance in both liquid and gaseous states. The equation he gives is a continuous one for an isothermal, and he determines the pressure at which evaporation takes place by considering that the work done in the transformation from liquid to gas at a constant pressure must be equal to what would be done if the transformation took place along the continuous isothermal.'
Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes three pages of graphs.
Subject: Chemistry
Received 14 March 1887. Read 31 March 1887.
A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Clausius's formula for the change of state from liquid to gas applied to Messrs. Ramsay and Young's observations on alcohol'. |
| Extent | 11p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0044 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7971 | Fitzgerald; George Francis (1851 - 1901) | 1851 - 1901 |
| NA6172 | Ramsay; Sir; William (1852 - 1916); physical chemist | 1852 - 1916 |
| NA6164 | Young; Sydney (1857 - 1937) | 1857 - 1937 |
| NA6666 | Wiedemann; Gustav Heinrich (1826 - 1899); physicist | 1826 - 1899 |
| NA8171 | Clausius; Rudolph Julius Emmanuel (1822 - 1888) | 1822 - 1888 |