| RefNo | AP/32/21 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'The construction of metals' by William Ford Stevenson |
| Date | 11 May 1850 |
| Description | Stevenson presents a series of propositions and theorems: that 'a metal is an earth sui generis; combined with electric matter'; that 'a (metallic) oxide is the same earth deprived of such electric matter, and combined instead with oxygen'; that this electric matter is found in, and forms part of, hydrogen gas; and that water 'cannot be the result of a combination of hydrogen and oxygen'.
Subject: Chemistry
Written by Stevenson at the Royal York Hotel, Sidmouth [Devon, England]. |
| Extent | 16p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3728 | Stevenson; William Ford (- 1852) | - 1852 |