Paper, 'On the composition of water' by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt]
Reference number: PP/13/24
Date: 1889
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Strutt writes: 'During the past year I have continued the work described in a former communication on the relative densities of hydrogen and oxygen,* in the hope of being able to prepare lighter hydrogen than was then found possible. To this end various modifications have been made in the generating apparatus.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Chemistry
Received 26 February 1889. Read 7 March 1889.
A version of this paper was published in volume 45 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the composition of water'.
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- PP/13/24
- Earliest possible date
- 1889
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 69 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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I. On the composition of water External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1889
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1888.0106
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 45, 1889
1889 Reference number: PP/13
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