James Dewar

Inserted; MS [various hands] Laboratory notebook, 7" x 9". soft black cover. Includes

pp.1-3 purifying of graphite, 15 Oct. 1880.

pp.4-5 ozone, 4 Feb. 1880

p.5 hyposulphite of soda solution, 29 March.

pp.6-7 use of various metals to give telephone vibration.

pp.8-9 distillation of glycerine, chloride of zinc and chloride of ammonia.

pp.10-13 fog and cloud experiments

pp.14-16 ozone; electrolysis experiments; May 1881

p.17 blank

pp.18-24 photoelectric experiments, June 1881

Inserted pp.18-19: 1¼pp. rough calculations

pp.24-27 photoelectric experiments with aqueous solution of peroxide of chlorine

Inserted pp.24-5: 3¼pp notes on solutions used

pp.27-31 experiments with ammonionitrate of iron inserted pp.30-31: 12pp notes on coefficient of expansion, Van der Waals theory; relation between pressure, volume and temperature for carbonic acid, sulphurous acid, ammonia and ethylene; combustion of nitrogen, zinc, cadmium, hydrogen, explosive gas; action of electricity on flames.

pp.32-62 blank

Inserted at front of book

pp.1-12 notes on paper by A.Horstmann on the application of the second law of the theory of heat to chemical phenomena.

pp.13-21 notes on spectra from fluoride of boron, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, the oxygen group, the nitrogen group, silicon, boron, aluminium, fluorine

pp.22-24 blank

pp.25-6 hydrocarbon spectra

pp.27-8 experiments with Geisler tubes

pp.29-32 blank

pp.33-36 decomposition: notes from literature

pp.37-8 iodine - density

pp.39-40 combustion - notes on literature

p.41 blank

p.42 table: composition of coal and cannel gases (P.F. Frankland), 1882-4, printed; MS notes added [by Dewar].

p.43 blank

pp.44-5 notes on galvanic phenomena

p.46 blank

p.47 rough calculations; notes on polytechnics

p.48 blank

pp.49-50 dissociation of chloride of magnesium

pp.51-2 cystine (paper with Gamgee)

pp.53-55 notes on electrical action of different salts, peroxide of chlorine (gold poles), relative opacity of different fluids in glass cell, peroxide of chlorine (platinum poles), bichromate of potash

p.56 blank

pp.57-8 coal gas

p.59 crossley gas analysis

p.60 rough calculations

p.61 rough notes

p.62 diagram of apparatus

pp.63-66 rough notes, including notes on flames

pp.67-74 rough notes and calculations

p.75 composition from exhaustion; solution of NH3.

p.76 moutier formula

p.77 notes concerning specific heat

p.78 blank

p.79 relative electrical effect of retina and photographic plate.

p.80 blank

p.81 drawing of apparatus

p.82 rough notes

p.83 note on literature concerning heat for fusion

p.84 blank

pp.85-7 tension

p.88 thermal values

p.89-92 combination and decomposition

p.93 action of CO and CO2 on oxides of Fe.

p.94 blank

pp.95-6 oxides of Fe; SO2 and decomposition page torn.

p.97 NH3 [page torn].

p.98 blank

pp.99-102 lists of experiments with iron, lithium, titanium, magnesium, chromium and lead