| Reference number | PP/8/23 |
| Previous numbers | PP/40/28 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Some experiments on the production of ozone' by J J [Joseph John] Thomson and R [Richard] Threlfall |
| Date | 1886 |
| Description | Thomson and Threlfall write: 'The first experiment was made in order to see whether ozone could be formed by placing oxygen in a very strong electric field, the field, however, being just not strong enough to cause sparks to pass through the gas. This experiment finally took the following form:—ABC is a box made of flat pieces of glass about 1/16th of an inch thick, fastened together with paraffin; into the box two glass tubes, G and H, are inserted, the air entering the box through G, and leaving it through H. Against one side of the box a glass bottle, D, with flat sides, is placed and filled with water containing a little sulphuric acid, this serves as one electrode; the other electrode is a blackened tin plate, E, placed against the opposite side of the box, the distance between the electrodes being an inch and a half.'
Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes one diagram of experimental apparatus.
Subject: Physics / Electricity
Received 1 May 1886. Read 6 May 1886.
A version of this paper was published in volume 40 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Some experiments on the production of ozone'. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Diagram |
| 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.1886.0047 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8288 | Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist | 1856 - 1940 |
| NA6235 | Threlfall; Sir; Richard (1861 - 1932); physicist and chemical engineer | 1861 - 1932 |