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Unpublished paper, 'Experiments on the resistance of electrolytic cells' by H R Sankey

Reference number: AP/66/15

Date: 1889

Description

Sankey observes during the course of his experiments on the electrolytic deposition of copper that the resistance of the electrolytic cells employed is greater the lower the current density, and the experiments described in this paper are undertaken to inquire more definitely into the matter.

Annotations in pencil throughout. Includes three figures of Sankey's experimental apparatus and a series of tables and graphs.

Subject: Electricity

Received 21 March 1889. Read 4 April 1889. Communicated by W H [William Henry] Preece.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 45 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Experiments on the resistance of electrolytic cells'.

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AP/66/15
Earliest possible date
1889
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
65 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

H R Sankey

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H R Sankey, Unpublished paper, 'Experiments on the resistance of electrolytic cells' by H R Sankey, 1889, AP/66/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_66_15/unpublished-paper-experiments-on-the-resistance-of-electrolytic-cells-by-h-r-sankey, accessed on 16 September 2024

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