| RefNo | EC/1852/08 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 295; A04853 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Mercer, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | John Mercer Esqr. The author of Papers on Catalysis, & on the action of Red Prussiate of potash on Colouring matters in the "Memoirs of the Chemical Society." The Inventor or Improver of various processes in Dyeing & Calico-printing, including his method of condensing the cotton fibre by an alkali, for which the Council Medal was awarded at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Chemistry. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. R Phillips; Wm Allen Miller; Edward Solly; Wm Thos Brande; James Heywood; John Stenhouse; Edward Forbes
From Personal Knowledge. James Thomson (Clitheroe); Tho Graham; Walter Crum; Lyon Playfair |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3788 | Mercer; John (1791 - 1866) | 1791 - 1866 |