| Description | Volume 10/1 of William Ramsay's correspondence and papers, as compiled by his former assistant, Morris W. Travers, following Ramsay's death. The contents of the volume are as follows:
Pages 1-71: Introduction. (September 1949)
Pages 72-250: Correspondence and papers. (March 1898 – October 1900)
Pages 73-78: W. Ramsay and M.W. Travers, ‘The preparation and some of the properties of pure argon’ (reprinted from ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society’, Vol. 64, 1899).
Pages 79-80: Photographs of the preparation of a large quantity of argon for liquefaction.
Pages 92-93: W. Ramsay and M.W. Travers, ‘On a new constituent of atmospheric air’ (reprinted from ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society’, Vol. 63, 1898).
Pages 107-109: W. Ramsay and M.W. Travers, ‘Argon and its companions’ (abstract reprinted from ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society’, Vol. 67, 1900).
Pages 182-186: 'Über die neuerdings entdeckten Gase und ihre Beziehung zum periodischen Gesetz', lecture delivered by Ramsay to the German Chemical Society, 19 December 1898 (printed).
Page 238: Photograph of the Travers hydrogen liquifier.
Pages 240-243: ‘The discovery of the rare gases’, lecture delivered by Travers at the Science Masters’ Association at Bristol, 5 January 1933 (printed).
Pages 244-250: Tadeusz Estreicher, 'Die Löslichkeits-verhältnisse von Argon und Helium im Wasser' (printed). |