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Paper, 'Voltaic cells with fused electrolytes' by J Brown

Reference number: PP/20/7

Date: 1892

Description

Brown writes: 'In attempts to compare the observed electromotive forces of voltaic combinations with the theoretical values found by Thomson’s law, the discrepancies observed in many cases, and the difficulties experienced in ascertaining their nature and origin, are well known.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physics / Electricity

Received 27 May 1892. Read 16 June 1892. Communicated by [Joseph David] Everett.

A version of this paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Voltaic cells with fused electrolytes'.

Reference number
PP/20/7
Earliest possible date
1892
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
27 pages
Format
Typescript

Creator name

J Brown

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J Brown, Paper, 'Voltaic cells with fused electrolytes' by J Brown, 1892, PP/20/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_20_7/paper-voltaic-cells-with-fused-electrolytes-by-j-brown, accessed on 13 October 2024

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