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Paper, 'On the spectrum of carbon' by G D [George Downing] Liveing and J [James] Dewar

Reference number: PP/1/32

Date: 1882

Description

Liveing and Dewar present experimental observations on the spectrum of carbon.

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes a chart of the spectrum of carbon.

Subject: Spectroscropy

Received 23 February 1882. Read 9 March 1882.

A version of this paper was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the spectrum of carbon'.

Reference number
PP/1/32
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1882
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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George Downing Liveing

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James Dewar

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George Downing Liveing, James Dewar, Paper, 'On the spectrum of carbon' by G D [George Downing] Liveing and J [James] Dewar, 1882, PP/1/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_1_32/paper-on-the-spectrum-of-carbon-by-g-d-george-downing-liveing-and-j-james-dewar, accessed on 13 January 2025

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