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Paper, 'On a method of obtaining pure silver from ores containing it in various alloys' by Sir H [Humphry] Davy

Reference number: PT/18/13

Date: 29 March 1825

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Includes original envelope which reads 'April 20, 1825. Royal Society. On a process for extracting silver from its ores. Not to be read except by direction of the Pres. H.D.'

Subject: Metallurgy

Not published in Philosophical Transactions.

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PT/18/13
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29 March 1825
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Humphry Davy

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Humphry Davy, Paper, 'On a method of obtaining pure silver from ores containing it in various alloys' by Sir H [Humphry] Davy, 29 March 1825, PT/18/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_18_13/paper-on-a-method-of-obtaining-pure-silver-from-ores-containing-it-in-various-alloys-by-sir-h-humphry-davy, accessed on 04 December 2024

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    Dates: 1802-1865

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