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Paper, 'Researches on zirconium and its atomic weight' by G H Bailey

Reference number: PP/14/6

Date: 1889

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Bailey writes: 'The investigation described in the following paper was undertaken primarily with a view to the redetermination of the atomic weight of zirconium. In previous determinations the sulphate had been used by Berzelius (‘Poggendorff, Annalen,’ vol. 4, p. 126) and Mats Weibull (“Om Zirkonium och dess foreningar”), the chloride and oxychloride by Hermann (‘ Journ. Prakt. Chem.,’ vol. 31, p. 77), and the double fluoride of potassium and zirconium by Marignac (‘Annales de Chimie,’ vol. 60, 1860, p. 270). The results of these determinations are summed up in the following table, the relation O : H = 15 96 : 1 being used in the calculations.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 15 April 1889. Read 9 May 1889. Communicated by Henry Roscoe.

A version of this paper was published in volume 46 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Zirconium and its atomic weight'.

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PP/14/6
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1889
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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44 pages
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Manuscript

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G H Bailey

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G H Bailey, Paper, 'Researches on zirconium and its atomic weight' by G H Bailey, 1889, PP/14/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_14_6/paper-researches-on-zirconium-and-its-atomic-weight-by-g-h-bailey, accessed on 17 July 2025

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