| Reference number | AP/19/11 |
| Previous numbers | AP.19.11 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished letter, 'An account of the water of the well Zem Zem with a qualitative analysis of the same by Professor [Michael] Faraday' from John Davidson to the Secretary of the Royal Society |
| Date | 1835 |
| Description | Davidson analyses a sample of water collected from the well Zem-Zem at Jedda [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia]. Includes a letter from Faraday dated 3 April 1835.
Written by Davidson at St James Street [London].
Subject: Hydrology
Received and read 14 May 1835.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'An account of the water of the well Zem-zem, with a qualitative analysis of the same by Professor Faraday; in a letter from John Davidson, Esq., to the Secretaries, and communicated by them'. |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0204 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8218 | Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian | 1791 - 1867 |
| NA6370 | Davidson; John (1797 - 1836) | 1797 - 1836 |