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Paper, experiments of refining gold with antimony by Jonathan Goddard

Reference number: CLP/9i/5

Date: 1662

Description

Describes experiments carried out by Gooddard to refine 'crown gold' (22 'kerrats' or carats, alloyed with silver and copper) using antimony, and the results achieved.

Read to the Royal Society on 26 March 1662
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 12, no 138, p 953

Subject: Chemistry / Metallurgy

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CLP/9i/5
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1662
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8 pages
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Jonathan Goddard

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Jonathan Goddard, Paper, experiments of refining gold with antimony by Jonathan Goddard, 1662, CLP/9i/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_5/paper-experiments-of-refining-gold-with-antimony-by-jonathan-goddard, accessed on 04 October 2024

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