Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Description

Graham believes there has been 'no very satisfactory examination made into the conditions which are necessary for the rapid deposition of metals from their solutions by means of the electric current.' He shares the results of a series of experiments with the aim of identifying these conditions.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Note on front reads 'The diagrams in this paper are sketches from the originals, to enable the reader to further the meaning of the writing.' Includes 11 pages of diagrams of experimental apparatus and observations.

Subject: Electricity / Chemistry / Physics

Received 30 October 1896. Read 17 December 1896. Communicated by Sir Benjamin Baker.

Reference number
AP/73/1
Earliest possible date
27 October 1896
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
34 pages
Format
Typescript
Diagram

Creator name

T C Graham

Use this record

Citation

T C Graham, Unpublished paper, 'On some recent investigations in connection with the electro-deposition of metals' by T C Graham, 27 October 1896, AP/73/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_73_1/unpublished-paper-on-some-recent-investigations-in-connection-with-the-electro-deposition-of-metals-by-t-c-graham, accessed on 10 December 2024

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/ap_73_1/unpublished-paper-on-some-recent-investigations-in-connection-with-the-electro-deposition-of-metals-by-t-c-graham" title="Unpublished paper, 'On some recent investigations in connection with the electro-deposition of metals' by T C Graham" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Archived Papers

    Dates: 1768-1989

    The 'Archived Papers' collection is comprised of original manuscript scientific papers and letters submitted to the Royal Society which remained unpublished or were abstracted in the journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' published from 1830 onwards.

    View collection