| RefNo | PP/15/13/2 |
| Previous numbers | PP/47/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagrams, hemispheres of gold and platinum by Edward Matthey |
| Creator | Matthey; Edward (1836-1918); British chemist |
| Date | 1890 |
| Description | Five diagrams of spheres and hemispheres of gold and platinum. Matthey describes the diagrams in the accompanying paper: 'Having been struck by the experiments made by Professor Roberts- Austen [...] I cast some gold containing platinum into a special iron mould 3 inches in diameter, and cut the spheres of metal so obtained in two halves [...] Portions were then carefully taken from each of the points marked on the diagrams A, B, and C given herewith, and the results of the assays of the metal taken at each point of the hemispheres are indicated on the diagrams.'
Subject: Metallurgy
Prints of these diagrams were published in volume 47 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'The liquation of gold and platinum alloys'. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0081 |