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Unpublished paper, 'The properties of oil emulsions. Part I: Electrical charge' by Ridsdale Ellis

Reference number: AP/78/10

Date: April 1911

Description

Ellis undertakes experimental investigations 'with a view to obtaining some quantitative data on the electrical charge carried by the particles of an emulsion.'

Annotations in ink throughout. Includes nine pages of diagrams of experimental equipment and observations.

Subject: Chemistry / Physics

Received 8 May 1911. Read 29 June 1911. Communicated by E C [Edward Charles Cyril] Baly.

Reference number
AP/78/10
Earliest possible date
April 1911
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
62 pages
Format
Typescript
Diagram

Creator name

Ridsdale Ellis

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Ridsdale Ellis, Unpublished paper, 'The properties of oil emulsions. Part I: Electrical charge' by Ridsdale Ellis, April 1911, AP/78/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_78_10/unpublished-paper-the-properties-of-oil-emulsions-part-i-electrical-charge-by-ridsdale-ellis, accessed on 08 February 2026

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