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Paper, 'Note on the spectra of the flames of some metallic compounds' by George Downing Liveing and James Dewar

Reference number: PP/20/11

Date: 1892

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The authors write: 'A study of the spectra of flames offers many points of interest. It is long since A. Mitscherlich (Poggendorff’s ‘Annalen,’ vol. 116, p. 499; vol. 121, p. 459) showed that the spectra of flames are, for the most part, those of compounds of the elements present, and contain comparatively few rays proceeding directly from the elements them­selves.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Spectroscopy / Chemistry

Received 3 June 1892. Read 16 June 1892.

A version of this paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on the spectra of the flames of some metallic compounds'.

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PP/20/11
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1892
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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10 pages
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George Downing Liveing

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James Dewar

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George Downing Liveing, James Dewar, Paper, 'Note on the spectra of the flames of some metallic compounds' by George Downing Liveing and James Dewar, 1892, PP/20/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_20_11/paper-note-on-the-spectra-of-the-flames-of-some-metallic-compounds-by-george-downing-liveing-and-james-dewar, accessed on 25 April 2025

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