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Paper, 'Note on the order of reversability of the lithium lines' by [George Downing] Liveing and [James] Dewar

Reference number: PP/3/12

Date: 1883

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Liveing and Dewar write: 'In our communications on the reversal of the lines of metallic vapours, we have several times noticed (“Proc. Roy. Soc.,” vol. 28, pp. 357, 369, 473) the reversal of the lithium lines, and concluded that; the blue line is more easily reversed than the orange line. This, however, does not appear to be really the case.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physics

Received 1 March 1883. Read 8 March 1883.

A version of this paper was published in volume 35 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on the order of reversibility of the lithium lines'.

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PP/3/12
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1883
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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2 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 order of reversability of the lithium lines' by [George Downing] Liveing and [James] Dewar, 1883, PP/3/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_3_12/paper-note-on-the-order-of-reversability-of-the-lithium-lines-by-george-downing-liveing-and-james-dewar, accessed on 20 July 2025

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