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RefNoPP/15/13/2
Previous numbersPP/47/13
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, hemispheres of gold and platinum by Edward Matthey
CreatorMatthey; Edward (1836-1918); British chemist
Date1890
DescriptionFive 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'.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0081
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