| Reference number | PP/4/20 |
| Previous numbers | PP/36/20 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On a new method of generating electricity' by J A Kendall |
| Creator | Kendall; J A (fl 1883) |
| Date | 1883 |
| Description | Kendall writes: 'In 1863 Deville and Troost announced their discovery that certain metals were permeable by hydrogen at a red heat. This discovery, as is well known, was verified by Graham, who made extended researches on the subject. A bout three years ago it occurred to the author that a red-hot platinum plate, through which hydrogen was passing, might be made to serve as an element of a galvanic combination, and early in 1881 some experiments were tried with this object.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Electricity
Received 30 December 1883. Read 28 December 1883. Communicated by George Gabriel Stokes.
A version of this paper was published in volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a new method of generating electricity'. |
| Extent | 14p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0101 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |