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Paper, 'On the action of finely divided platinum on gaseous mixtures, and its application to their analysis' by William Henry

Reference number: PT/17/5

Date: 06 June 1824

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Includes manuscript annotations by John Frederick William Herschel.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the action of finely divided platinum on gaseous mixtures, and its application to their analysis'.

Written by Henry in Manchester. Read 17 June 1824.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/17/5
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06 June 1824
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Ink on paper
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31 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry

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William Henry, Paper, 'On the action of finely divided platinum on gaseous mixtures, and its application to their analysis' by William Henry, 06 June 1824, PT/17/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_17_5/paper-on-the-action-of-finely-divided-platinum-on-gaseous-mixtures-and-its-application-to-their-analysis-by-william-henry, accessed on 08 February 2026

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