| RefNo | AP/67/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'A study of the Planté lead - sulphuric acid - lead peroxide cell from a chemical standpoint. Part I' by G H Robertson |
| Creator | Robertson; G H (fl 1891) |
| Date | 1891 |
| Description | Robertson states that though, since Frankland in 1883 published his first 'Contribution to the Chemistry of Storage Batteries', the capabilities of the Planté cell have been well tested and are now thoroughly understood, there is still considerable uncertainty as to the precise nature of the chemical changes which attend their use; and that it was principally to study the part played by the electrolyte that the present investigation was instituted in 1890 as McLeod’s observations on the electrolysis of sulphuric acid solutions led to the supposition that the changes occurring in the acid were probably less simple than was commonly supposed. This supposition is verified.
Annotations in pencil throughout.
Subject: Chemistry
Received 27 May 1891. Read 11 June 1891. Communicated by Professor [Henry Edward] Armstrong.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 50 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'A study of the Planté lead-sulphuric acid-lead peroxide cell, from a chemical stand-point. Part I'. |
| Extent | 29p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1891.0010 |
| RelatedRecord | AP/67/14 |
| RR/11/81 |
| RR/11/82 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8105 | Armstrong; Henry Edward (1848 - 1937); chemist and educationalist | 1848 - 1937 |