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Paper, 'Preliminary note on the pressure developed by some new explosives' by Andrew Noble

Reference number: PP/20/12

Date: 1892

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Noble writes: 'For a considerable time I have, with the assistance of Sir F Abel and Professor Dewar, been engaged in researches upon the new explosives which during the last few years have attracted so much attention, and which apparently are destined to do much in developing the power of modern artillery.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes one graph of experimental results.

Subject: Physics / Ballistics

Received 10 June 1892.

A version of this paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Preliminary note on the pressure developed by some new explosives'.

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PP/20/12
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1892
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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9 pages
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Andrew Noble, Paper, 'Preliminary note on the pressure developed by some new explosives' by Andrew Noble, 1892, PP/20/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_20_12/paper-preliminary-note-on-the-pressure-developed-by-some-new-explosives-by-andrew-noble, accessed on 19 April 2025

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