| Reference number | PP/10/8 |
| Previous numbers | PP/42/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the thermodynamic properties of substances whose intrinsic equation is a linear function of the pressure and temperature' by George Francis Fitzgerald |
| Date | 1887 |
| Description | Fitzgerald writes: 'Professor [William] Ramsay has communicated to me that he and Mr [Sydney] Young have found that within wide limits several substances in the liquid and gaseous states have the following relation connecting their pressure (p), temperature (T), and specific volume(v), p = aT + b, where a and b are functions of v only. Now in this case the following are the forms that the thermodynamic equations assume. T is temperature, and ϕ is entropy, and c and e are functions to be investigated, c being = dl/dT, where I is the internal energy, and e = dl/dv.'
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Thermodynamics
Received 11 January 1887. Read 27 January 1887.
A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the thermodynamic properties of substances whose intrinsic equation is a linear function of the pressure and temperature'. |
| Extent | 4p |
| 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.1887.0014 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6172 | Ramsay; Sir; William (1852 - 1916); physical chemist | 1852 - 1916 |
| NA6164 | Young; Sydney (1857 - 1937) | 1857 - 1937 |
| NA7971 | Fitzgerald; George Francis (1851 - 1901) | 1851 - 1901 |