Paper, 'Heat dilatation of metals from low temperatures' by Thomas Andrews

Description

Andrews writes: 'It is understood that the coefficients of heat dilatation increase with rise of temperature; but Professor P. G. Tait, in his recent work on ‘Heat,’ p. 87, remarks that “we are not aware of any experiments made with a view of deciding whether, as is probable, these coefficients become gradually less as the temperature is lowered below zero” (0°C.). The following experiments were made to investigate the subject in relation to metals of the iron and steel series.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physics

Received 30 November 1887. Read 22 December 1887.

A version of this paper was published in volume 43 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Heat dilatation of metals from low temperatures'.

Reference number

PP/11/15

Earliest possible date

1887

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

7 pages

Format

Manuscript