Unpublished papers, 'Modifications of the electric fluid with demonstrative proof of the identity of the galvanic and ordinary electricities by analogical decomposition of water' by John Goodman
Reference number: AP/24/7
Date: 22 October 1840
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Goodman shares two papers on the galvanic, frictional and magnetic electricities, presenting his observations on the experiments of Dr [William Hyde] Wollaston and Dr [Michael] Faraday. In the second paper he writes on imitating the electrochemical actions of the galvanic fluid by ordinary electricity, sharing details of his own experiments.
Includes one figure in the text. Annotations in ink throughout.
Subject: Physics / Electricity / Galvanism
Received 22 December 1840.
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- AP/24/7
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- 22 October 1840
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- Ink on paper
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- 91 pages
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John Goodman
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John Goodman, Unpublished papers, 'Modifications of the electric fluid with demonstrative proof of the identity of the galvanic and ordinary electricities by analogical decomposition of water' by John Goodman, 22 October 1840, AP/24/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_24_7/unpublished-papers-modifications-of-the-electric-fluid-with-demonstrative-proof-of-the-identity-of-the-galvanic-and-ordinary-electricities-by-analogical-decomposition-of-water-by-john-goodman, accessed on 19 July 2025
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Archived papers: volume 24, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1839-1864
1839-1864 Reference number: AP/24
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William Hyde Wollaston
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Michael Faraday
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