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Paper, 'Inquiry into the nature of a metallic substance sold in London as a new metal called Palladium' by Richard Chenevix

Reference number: L&P/12/55

Date: 1803

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Subject: Metallurgy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as'Enquiries concerning the nature of a metallic substance lately sold in London, as a new metal, under the title of palladium. By Richard Chenevix, Esq. F. R. S. and M. R. I. A'

Read 12 May 1803

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L&P/12/55
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1803
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40 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Chenevix

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Richard Chenevix, Paper, 'Inquiry into the nature of a metallic substance sold in London as a new metal called Palladium' by Richard Chenevix, 1803, L&P/12/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_55/paper-inquiry-into-the-nature-of-a-metallic-substance-sold-in-london-as-a-new-metal-called-palladium-by-richard-chenevix, accessed on 09 June 2026

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