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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Robert John Kane
Date:
5 September 1838
Source of text:
TCD MS 7762-72 / 662, f.11
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert John Kane
Date:
[16 September 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0209; Reel 1054
Summary:

Asks for latest chemical information on platina groups, or 'Platinoids.' In trying to remove platina from mineral specimens JH may have found new metal. Describes its characteristics. P.S.: Keep this information private.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert John Kane
Date:
[11 October 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0210.1; Reel 1054
Summary:

Thanks for information [on latest platina research]. Has encountered 'a totally new metallic chemistry.' Searching for papers by Mr. Gros and Mr. Beiset. Describes JH's experiments with 'Platinoids,' which JH named like asteroids: Heberum, Astraeum, and Neptunium.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert John Kane
Date:
[11 October 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0210.2; Reel 1054
Summary:

Encloses JH's letter of 11 Oct., which was not mailed to RK. Discovered traces of titanium in Astraeum. Puzzled by saline compounds that appear in JH's experiments with 'Platinoids.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert John Kane
Date:
[8 January 1849]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.5
Summary:

M. McCann sent his paper to JH for communication to the R.S.L., which he did, but does not know the outcome of it. Was unable to report on it as his own knowledge was not modern enough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project