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Paper, 'On a thermopile and galvanometer combined' by George Forbes

Reference number: PP/8/13

Date: 1886

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Forbes writes: 'The author has lately made use of a special form of thermopile and galvanometer combined, which is very sensitive for the measurement of radiation. The apparatus is especially suitable for use as a line-thermopile. The first experiments were made with two half tubes, one of antimony the other of bismuth, soldered together so as to make a short tube about 2 cm. external diameter, the walls being 2 mm. thick, and the length of tube about 2 or 2½ cm.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Electricity / Scientific apparatus and instruments / Engineering

Received 4 February 1886. Read 18 February 1886. Communicated by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt].

A version of this paper was published in volume 40 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a thermopile and galvanometer combined'.

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PP/8/13
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1886
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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7 pages
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George Forbes

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George Forbes, Paper, 'On a thermopile and galvanometer combined' by George Forbes, 1886, PP/8/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_8_13/paper-on-a-thermopile-and-galvanometer-combined-by-george-forbes, accessed on 27 April 2025

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