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Paper, 'The specific resistance of sulphur and other properties' by James Monckman

Reference number: PP/14/13

Date: 1888

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Monckman writes: 'It is well known that sulphur in a solid state insulates electricity of very high potential, and conducts heat badly; also that it undergoes a curious series of changes when heated—melting at about 120° C., becoming thicker at 200° to 250°, more liquid at 250° to 300°, and boiling under atmospheric pressure at 440°.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes eight pages of diagrams of experimental apparatus and results.

Subject: Physics

Received 10 November 1888 / 16 November 1888. Read 6 December 1888. Communicated by Joseph John Thomson.

A version of this paper was published in volume 46 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The specific resistance and other properties of sulphur'.

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PP/14/13
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1888
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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35 pages
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James Monckman

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James Monckman, Paper, 'The specific resistance of sulphur and other properties' by James Monckman, 1888, PP/14/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_14_13/paper-the-specific-resistance-of-sulphur-and-other-properties-by-james-monckman, accessed on 06 December 2024

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