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Paper, 'On the electrolysis of silver nitrate in vacuo' by Arthur Schuster and Arthur William Crossley

Reference number: PP/18/21

Date: 1891-1892

Description

The authors write: 'The following investigation was undertaken in order to clear up some minor irregularities which occur when the intensity of an electric current is measured by means of a silver voltameter.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes one diagram of experimental apparatus.

Subject: Electricity / Chemistry

Received 5 January 1892. Read 21 January 1892.

A version of this paper was published in volume 50 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the electrolysis of silver nitrate in vacuo'.

Reference number
PP/18/21
Earliest possible date
1891-1892
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
26 pages
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Manuscript
Diagram

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Arthur William Crossley

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Arthur Schuster

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Arthur William Crossley, Arthur Schuster, Paper, 'On the electrolysis of silver nitrate in vacuo' by Arthur Schuster and Arthur William Crossley, 1891-1892, PP/18/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_18_21/paper-on-the-electrolysis-of-silver-nitrate-in-vacuo-by-arthur-schuster-and-arthur-william-crossley, accessed on 16 March 2025

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