Experimental researches on the movement of atmospheric air in tubes / by W.D. Chowne ; communicated by John Bishop.

  • Chowne, William Dingle, 1791-1870.
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[1855]
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Credit: Experimental researches on the movement of atmospheric air in tubes / by W.D. Chowne ; communicated by John Bishop. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES ON THE MOVEMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR IN TUBES. . ; By W. D. CHOWNE, M.D. BEING AN ABSTRACT OF A PAPER READ BEFORE ROYAL SOCIETY JUNE 21, 1855. Communicated by John Bishop, Esq., F.R.S. Received June 14, 1855. the year 1847, the author of this paper made numerous expe- r.raents for the purpose of ascertaining what are. the conditions under .hich atmospheric air is placed with regard to motion or rest, when i'ithin a vertical tube having one extremity communicating within ue interior of a building, and the other in the open atmosphere. The paper now submitted to the Royal Society contains the results ; investigations undertaken in the year 1853 and continued to the fesent time, to ascertain whether the ordinary state of atmospheric ‘ contained in a vertical cylindrical tube, open at both ends, and fcoced in the still atmosphere of a closed room, is one of rest or of '9tion; and if of motion, to investigate the influences of certain langes in the condition of the atmosphere which either produce, omote, retard, or arrest the movement. • He demonstrates, by a series of experiments, that when a tube, en at both ends, is placed in a vertical position, every precaution ing taken to exclude all extraneous causes of movement in the