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RefNoAP/19/11/2
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, 'An account of the water of the well Zem Zem with a qualitative analysis of the same by Professor [Michael] Faraday' from Michael Faraday to the Royal Society
Date3 April 1835
DescriptionFaraday shares his assessment of the water from the well Zem-Zem at Jedda [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia], describing it as 'thick from the presence of [...] iron'.

Subject: Hydrology

Written by Faraday at the Royal Institution [London].
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0204
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8218Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher1791 - 1867
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