THE 



SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY. 



Vol. XVI. (I.S.), lo. 10. AUGUST, 1920. 



AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF THE 

 SELF-IGNITION OF ETHER-AIR MIXTURES. 



BY 



Th^e late prof. J. a. McClelland, d.sc, f.-r.s., 



AND 



REV. H. V. GILL, S.J., D.S.O., M.C., M.A. ^^;;j^M;;ijn^^ 



(university colle&e, Dublin). f ii*n~(r mn^ 



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DUBLIN: 



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 _ LEINSTER HOUSK, DUBLIN. 



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