Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On the cause of the reduction of metals from solutions of their salts by the voltaic circuit' by Alfred Smee
Reference number: RR/1/228
Date: 04 April 1843
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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The tone of the paper is 'too absolute' and there is no theory in the present paper that alters the referee's opinion.
Subject: Chemistry
[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1837].
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- RR/1/228
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- 04 April 1843
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Michael Faraday, Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On the cause of the reduction of metals from solutions of their salts by the voltaic circuit' by Alfred Smee, 04 April 1843, RR/1/228, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_228/referees-report-by-michael-faraday-on-a-paper-on-the-cause-of-the-reduction-of-metals-from-solutions-of-their-salts-by-the-voltaic-circuit-by-alfred-smee, accessed on 18 May 2026
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Date: 31st December 1843
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0224
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Unpublished paper, 'On the cause of the reduction of metals from the solutions of their salts by the voltaic circuit' by Alfred Smee
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