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Thornton presents experimental observations on the ignition of gases at reduced pressure by continuous current break-sparks.

Subject: Physics / Chemistry

Received 23 March 1916. Communicated by Sir Charles Parsons.

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AP/79/11
Earliest possible date
1916
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Ink on paper
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19 pages
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Manuscript

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W M Thornton

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W M Thornton, Unpublished paper, 'The ignition of gases at reduced pressure by continuous current break-sparks, and ionisation' by W M Thornton, 1916, AP/79/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_79_11/unpublished-paper-the-ignition-of-gases-at-reduced-pressure-by-continuous-current-break-sparks-and-ionisation-by-w-m-thornton, accessed on 10 November 2024

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