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Paper, 'Supplementary paper on certain phenomena of voltaic ignition and on the decomposition of water into its constituent gases by heat' by W R [William Robert] Grove

Reference number: PT/32/2

Date: 10 November 1846

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Supplementary paper on certain phenomena of voltaic ignition, and the decomposition of water into its constituent gases by heat'.

Written by Grove at the London Institution. Received and read by the Royal Society on 26 November 1846.

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PT/32/2
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10 November 1846
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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William Robert Grove

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William Robert Grove, Paper, 'Supplementary paper on certain phenomena of voltaic ignition and on the decomposition of water into its constituent gases by heat' by W R [William Robert] Grove, 10 November 1846, PT/32/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_32_2/paper-supplementary-paper-on-certain-phenomena-of-voltaic-ignition-and-on-the-decomposition-of-water-into-its-constituent-gases-by-heat-by-w-r-william-robert-grove, accessed on 22 June 2025

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