Record

RefNoMS/859/2/130
LevelItem
TitleLetter from A B [Augustus Bozzi] Granville, Grafton Street, to Charles Hatchett, Belle Vue House, Chelsea
CreatorGranville; Augustus Bozzi (1783-1872); Italian physician and Italian patriot
RecipientHatchett; Charles (1765-1847); British chemist
Date21 July 1836
DescriptionOn his return home from their 'intellectual banquet' he consulted his books to discover the process of making a copper and mercury amalgam as Hatchett described having obtained. He cannot find anything that was not complicated or unscientific and asks for a note from Hatchett to record the method, or a reference to the source.
Extent1p. and wrapper
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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