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Unpublished paper, 'The conditions which render absolute the readings of the mercurial thermometer' by S A Sworn

Reference number: AP/73/6

Date: 1897

Description

Sworn describes a series of corrections that must be applied to a mercurial thermometer in order to obtain a 'true temperature' from its readings, which include calibre correction and zero correction. He describes the equipment used in his experiments and shares observations on his results.

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Chemistry / Physics

Received 17 February 1897. Read 18 March 1897. Communicated by [Robert Bellamy] Clifton.

Reference number
AP/73/6
Earliest possible date
1897
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
87 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

S A Sworn

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S A Sworn, Unpublished paper, 'The conditions which render absolute the readings of the mercurial thermometer' by S A Sworn, 1897, AP/73/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_73_6/unpublished-paper-the-conditions-which-render-absolute-the-readings-of-the-mercurial-thermometer-by-s-a-sworn, accessed on 05 December 2024

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