| RefNo | PP/14/17 |
| Previous numbers | PP/46/17 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'The conditions of the reaction between copper and nitric acid' by V H [Victor Herbert] Veley |
| Date | 1889 |
| Description | Veley writes: 'About fifty years ago De La Rive observed that pure metallic zinc but slowly enters into reaction with dilute sulphuric acid; shortly afterwards Faraday confirmed this observation in the case of amalgamated zinc.' He goes on to describe his own investigations into the subject and relays his results.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Chemistry
Received 13 May 1889. Read 6 June 1889.
A version of this paper was published in volume 46 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The conditions of the reaction between copper and nitric acid'. |
| Extent | 12p |
| 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.1889.0028 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5728 | Rive; Auguste Arthur de la (1801 - 1873) | 1801 - 1873 |
| NA178 | Veley; Victor Herbert (1856 - 1933) | 1856 - 1933 |