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Studies in the history and development of thermogravimetry

V. A search for the Earliest Commercial Apparatus in the UK

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Abstract

Several examples of the earliest commercial thermal analysis apparatus, the Talabot-Persoz-Rogeat Desiccator, are exhibited in various French museums and there is documentary evidence that at least twelve were exported to the UK in the late 19th Century.

This paper describes the search for extant examples in the UK.

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Einige Exemplere des ersten kommerziellen Thermoanalysegerätes, des Talabot-Persoz-Rogeat Exsikkators, sind in verschiedenen französischen Museen ausgestellt und es gibt dokumentarisch belegte Beweise dafür, daß Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts mindestens zwölf davon nach Großbritannien exportiert wurden.

Vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt die Suche nach noch vorhandenen Exemplaren in Großbritannien.

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Keattch, C.J. Studies in the history and development of thermogravimetry. Journal of Thermal Analysis 44, 1211–1218 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02547551

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