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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
Earliest possible date
1889
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
12 pages
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Manuscript

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Victor Herbert Veley

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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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