Paper, 'The conditions of the reaction between copper and nitric acid' by V H [Victor Herbert] Veley
Reference number: PP/14/17
Date: 1889

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Veley writes: 'About fifty years ago De La Rive observed that pure metallic zinc but slowly enters into reaction with dilute sulphuric acid; shortly afterwards Faraday confirmed this observation in the case of amalgamated zinc.' He goes on to describe his own investigations into the subject and relays his results.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Chemistry
Received 13 May 1889. Read 6 June 1889.
A version of this paper was published in volume 46 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The conditions of the reaction between copper and nitric acid'.
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- PP/14/17
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- 1889
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- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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- 12 pages
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- Manuscript
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Victor Herbert Veley, Paper, 'The conditions of the reaction between copper and nitric acid' by V H [Victor Herbert] Veley, 1889, PP/14/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_14_17/paper-the-conditions-of-the-reaction-between-copper-and-nitric-acid-by-v-h-victor-herbert-veley, accessed on 08 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1890
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0028
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 46, 1889
1889 Reference number: PP/14
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Auguste Arthur de la Rive
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