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Letter from James Thomson Bottomley, on a paper 'On a standard voltaic battery' by Latimer Clark

Reference number: RR/7/231

Date: 26 March 1873

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Letter explaining that he has been 'experimenting on Clark's standard cells'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1874].

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RR/7/231
Earliest possible date
26 March 1873
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

Creator name

James Thomson Bottomley

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James Thomson Bottomley, Letter from James Thomson Bottomley, on a paper 'On a standard voltaic battery' by Latimer Clark, 26 March 1873, RR/7/231, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_231/letter-from-james-thomson-bottomley-on-a-paper-on-a-standard-voltaic-battery-by-latimer-clark, accessed on 06 December 2025

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