Paper, 'Frigorific experiments on the mechanical expansion of air' by Erasmus Darwin
Reference number: L&P/9/67
Date: 22 November 1787
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Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Frigorific experiments on the mechanical expansion of air, explaining the cause of the great degree of cold on the summits of high mountains, the sudden condensation of aerial Vapour, and of the perpetual mutability of atmospheric Heat. By Erasmus Darwin, M. D. F. R. S. ; communicated by the Right Honorable Charles Greville, F. R. S'
Read 12 December 1787
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- 22 November 1787
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Erasmus Darwin, Paper, 'Frigorific experiments on the mechanical expansion of air' by Erasmus Darwin, 22 November 1787, L&P/9/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_67/paper-frigorific-experiments-on-the-mechanical-expansion-of-air-by-erasmus-darwin, accessed on 16 June 2025
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IV. Frigorific experiments on the mechanical expansion of air, explaining the cause of the great degree of cold on the summits of high mountains, the sudden condensation of aerial Vapour, and of the perpetual mutability of atmospheric Heat. By Erasmus Darwin, M. D. F. R. S. ; communicated by the Right Honorable Charles Greville, F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1788
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1788.0005
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