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Ray presents an overview of existing researches into the interaction of mercury and nitric acid. He presents the results of investigations carried out over a period of eight years and shares his experimental observations.

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 4 June 1903. Read 18 June 1903. Communicated by Sir Henry Roscoe.

Written by Ray at Chemical Laboratory, Presidency College, Calcutta [Kolkata, India].

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AP/75/13
Earliest possible date
05 May 1903
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
28 pages
Format
Typescript

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Prafulla Chandra Ray

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Prafulla Chandra Ray, Unpublished paper, 'A study of the interaction of mercury and nitric acid' by Prafulla Chandra Ray, 05 May 1903, AP/75/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_75_13/unpublished-paper-a-study-of-the-interaction-of-mercury-and-nitric-acid-by-prafulla-chandra-ray, accessed on 12 November 2024

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