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- 8 - Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 40, 1886

RefNo	PP/8/18
Previous numbers	PP/40/22
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Title	Paper, 'Electrolytic conduction in relation to molecular composition, valency and the nature of chemical change: being an attempt to apply a theory of "residual affinity"' by Henry E [Edward] Armstrong
Date	1886
Description	Armstrong writes: 'In my recent address to the Chemical Section of the British Association at Aberdeen, I have specially called attention to the “affinity” of negative elements—chlorine, oxygen, sulphur, &c.—for negative elements; and I have sought to show that the formation of so-called molecular compounds is largely, if not entirely, an outcome of this peculiarity of negative elements. I have also ventured to suggest “that in electrolysing solutions, the friction arising from the attraction of the ions for each other is perhaps diminished, not by the mere mechanical interposition of the neutral molecules of the solvent—in the manner suggested by F Kohlrausch—but by the actual attraction exercised by these molecules upon the negative ion in virtue of the affinities of the negative radicles.”' Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes one page of graphs of experimental results. Subject: Chemistry Received 11 March 1886 / 15 March 1886. Read 25 March 1886. A version of this paper was published in volume 40 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Electrolytic conduction in relation to molecular composition, valency and the nature of chemical change: being an attempt to apply a theory of "residual affinity."'.
Extent	37p
Format	Manuscript
Format	Diagram
PhysicalDescription	Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatus	Open
RelatedMaterial	DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0038

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Code	PersonName	Dates
NA8105	Armstrong; Henry Edward (1848 - 1937); chemist and educationalist	1848 - 1937
NA2847	Kohlrausch; Friedrich Wilhelm Georg (1840 - 1910)	1840 - 1910

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