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Reference numberPP/14/36/3
Previous numbersPP/46/38
LevelItem
TitleDiagram, experimental equipment by Richard Threlfall and John Frederick Adair
CreatorAdair; John Frederick (1852-1913); Irish mathematician; physicist
Date1889
DescriptionA longitudinal drawing, elevation and section of equipment used by Threlfall and Adair in their investigations into the velocity of transmission through sea-water of disturbances of large amplitude caused by explosions

Subject: Physics / Mathematics

A print of this diagram was published in volume 46 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On the velocity of transmission through sea-water of disturbances of large amplitude caused by explosions'.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0055
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6235Threlfall; Sir; Richard (1861 - 1932); physicist and chemical engineer1861 - 1932
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