| Reference number | AP/39/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the existence of silver in sea-water' by Frederick Field |
| Date | 16 August 1856 |
| Description | Field describes a method of identifying silver in sea-water by passing hydrogen sulphide through large quantities of water and by fusing the salts obtained by evaporating with litharge [lead oxide] and subsequent cupellation.
Marked on front as 'For the Proceedings'.
Subject: Chemistry / Metallurgy
Received 23 October 1856. Read 11 December 1856. Communicated by Michael Faraday.
Written by Field in Coquimbo, Chile.
This paper was published in full in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the existence of silver in sea-water'. |
| Extent | 4p |
| 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.1856.0071 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8218 | Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian | 1791 - 1867 |
| NA5550 | Field; Frederick (1826 - 1885) | 1826 - 1885 |