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[?R.N.Lennox]

Catalogue reference: DEWAR/DB4/4

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Reference
DEWAR/DB4/4
Title
[?R.N.Lennox]
Date
1882-8
Description

Laboratory notebook MS

Notebook, 7" x 8¾", hard black cover, labelled no.12.

Inside frontispiece: table of contents

p.1 air analysis, 3 July 1882

pp.2-3 dissociation of mixtures of gases

p.4 blank

p.5 Determination of C and N in salts from petroleum

p.6 estimation of CO2 in air from roof, 5 May

pp.7-9 estimation of CO2 in air of the lecture theatre, May 1883 and January 1888

Remainder of book written from back

pp.10-16 formation of acetylene in arc; synthesis of acetylene

p.17 drawing of apparatus

pp.18-19 blank

p.20 acetylene: Analyses C2H2 made from Cu compound

p.21 blank

p.22 acetylene

pp.23-26 analysis of gases to check C2H2 experiments

pp.27-29 blank

pp.30-39 calorimetry, Feb. 1883; pp.31, 33, 35 blank

p.40 chlorine and hydrogen photometer: results with gas flames

p.41 blank

pp.42-51 experiments with gases in arc from De Meritens machine

pp.52-3 blank

pp.54-5 analysis of white substance obtained by treating liquid cyanogen with H2SO4 and H2SO3.

pp.56-7 blank

p.58 analysis of black substance

p.59 blank

pp.60-66 experiments with black Al compound

p.67 blank

pp.68-9 experiments on action of cyanogen on Al2Cl6.

pp.70-84 analysis of black aluminum compound, pp.73, 77 & 79 blank.

p.85 gases from Al compound; drawing of apparatus

p.86-7 action of aluminium on KCN

pp.88-9 analyses of black aluminum compound

p.90 manufacture of Al.

p.91 pure bromide of ammonia

p.92-4 blank

p.95 experiments to determine the ratio of heating between the negative and positive poles of a vacuum tube in different gases at different pressures

p.96 blank

p.97 drawing of apparatus

pp.98-100 experiments with carbon cruc. heated by arc; p.99 blank

p.101 drawing of apparatus

pp.102-3 blank

pp.104-6 + inside and paper: instructions for working the Brockie Pell arc lamp

Held by
Royal Institution of Great Britain
Language
English
Physical description
106 pp
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1dec0abf-b4ce-47d5-9468-71c16e2748fa/

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