Unpublished paper, 'A possible explanation of the two-fold spectra of oxygen and nitrogen' by E C C [Edward Charles Cyril] Baly

Description

The two spectra of oxygen are shown to be of a different nature. They behave differently, and reasons are given for their being in all probability the spectra of different gases. They may either be two spectra produced by different vibrations of the oxygen molecule, or they may be the spectra of two different modifications of oxygen, or the spectra of two distinct gases resulting from a dissociation of oxygen, a combination of which is called oxygen. It appeared worth while to undertake experiments with a view of testing the last of these.

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 27 February 1895. Read 21 March 1895. Communicated by William Ramsay.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 57 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'A possible explanation of the two-fold spectra of oxygen and nitrogen'.

Reference number

AP/71/9

Earliest possible date

25 February 1895

Physical description

Ink on paper

Page extent

25 pages

Format

Manuscript