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Unpublished paper, 'The influence of reduced pressure upon the electrical ignition of gases' by W M Thornton

Reference number: AP/79/20

Date: 1918

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Thornton writes: 'The present work arose from an examination of the risks attending the use of electricity in coal mines. In such a case it is necessary, in order to devise safeguards, to distinguish between electrical and thermal factors in the process of ignition.' He presents experimental observations regarding the influence of reduced pressure upon the electrical ignition of gases.

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Chemistry / Physics / Thermodynamics

Received 21 January 1918. Not read. Communicated by Sir Charles Parsons.

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AP/79/20
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1918
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Ink on paper
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18 pages
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Typescript

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W M Thornton

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W M Thornton, Unpublished paper, 'The influence of reduced pressure upon the electrical ignition of gases' by W M Thornton, 1918, AP/79/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_79_20/unpublished-paper-the-influence-of-reduced-pressure-upon-the-electrical-ignition-of-gases-by-w-m-thornton, accessed on 05 December 2024

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