Catalogue description [J.E.Petavel]

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Lecture notes, St Louis Exhibition. Includes notes on: historical lectures: opening lecture, 6 Aug.; 2nd lecture, 10 Aug. on work of Faraday, Joule & Thomson; 3rd lecture, 13 Aug. on modern research and discoveries; 28th lecture, 2 Nov. on liquefaction; 35th lecture, 23 Nov. on liquefaction; lectures on liquid hydrogen: drawings of special apparatus used in low temperature lectures and list of lantern slides; 9th lecture, 3 Sept., 12th lecture, 14th Sept., lecture on 1st Oct. and 22nd lecture on 15th Oct.; methods and apparatus: methods and apparatus: 5th lecture, 20 Aug., on manufacture of liquid air and liquid hydrogen; 24 Sept. on liquefaction of gases; 24th lecture, 21 Oct., on manufacture of liquid gases; 30th lecture, 9 Nov., 31st lecture, 12 Nov. and 37th lecture, 26 Nov. on liquefaction of gases; notes on the engineering side of the question; lists of slides of methods and apparatus used in liquefaction of gases; uses in the laboratory: 7th lecture, 23 Aug. on scientific uses of liquid air; 11th lecture, 16 Sept. on scientific uses of liquid air and hydrogen; 20th lecture, 8 Oct. on scientific uses of liquid air and hydrogen; chemical and physical properties: 7th lecture on physical & chemical properties of low temperatures; 33rd lecture, 16 Nov. on liquid gases; magnetic and electric properties: 4th lecture, 17 Aug. and 21st lecture, 14 Oct.; general epitome: 9th lecture, 31 Aug. and 10th lecture, 7 Sept.; commercial uses: 12th lecture, 13 Sept.; 27th lecture, 29 Oct.; cryogenic laboratories: 26th lecture, 26 Oct.; apparatus & methods, lists of slides: 29th lecture, 6 Nov; 30th lecture, 9 Nov.; 31st lecture, 12 Nov.; 33rd lecture, 16 Nov; 34th lecture, 19 Nov.; 35th lecture, 23rd Nov.; 36th lecture, 26th Nov.; final lecture: 30 Nov.; miscellaneous notes: cryogenic laboratories; properties of hydrogen and air; densities of liquid gases; physical constants of oxygen; specific heat; list of lectures; other lectures: 32nd lecture, 14 Nov., St Louis Chemical Society; 34th lecture, 19 Nov.: commercial uses of low temperatures; 35th lecture, 21 Nov., St John's Academy of Science.