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Reference numberPP/20/27
Previous numbersPP/52/28
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Further researches in connexion with the metallurgy of bismuth' by Edward Matthey
CreatorMatthey; Edward (1836-1918); British chemist
Date1892
DescriptionMatthey writes: 'In 1886-87 and in 1890 [see PP/10/12, PP/11/8 and PP/17/4] I submitted papers to the Royal Society bringing under notice facts which had come to my knowledge whilst engaged upon the practical extraction of this beautiful metal from its ores, and in its separation from impurities which are always associated with it when in a crude or unrefined state.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Metallurgy

Received 21 November 1892 / 24 November 1892. Read 26 January 1892. Communicated by George Gabriel Stokes.

A version of this paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Further researches in connexion with the metallurgy of bismuth'.
Extent9p
FormatTypescript
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1892.0090
Related records in the cataloguePP/10/12
PP/11/8
PP/17/4
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
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