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Plate 1, figures 1-3 showing a battery connected to a decomposing apparatus as well as details of modifications to the decomposing apparatus used in Bird's electrochemical experiments. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Below figures are captions identical to those in the published plate. Not signed. Watermarked 'S 1835'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Physics / Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the electro-chemical influence of long-continued electric currents of low tension' by Golding Bird.

Received by the Royal Society on 30 January 1837. Read 2 February 1837.

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PT/74/4/1
Earliest possible date
1837
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Ink on paper
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1 page
Format
Diagram

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Golding Bird

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Golding Bird, Diagrams, battery connected to decomposing apparatus by [Golding Bird], 1837, PT/74/4/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_4_1/diagrams-battery-connected-to-decomposing-apparatus-by-golding-bird, accessed on 09 December 2025

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