Faraday report   10 and 11 February 1834

10 Feby. 1834

Account of pieces of Platina & Palladium received from Dr. Wollaston at [blank in MS]1

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There is a deficiency of 16oz 60grs from the original account and no note with the remaining metal of the use that 16oz has been applied to

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Corrected weights ascertained 22 Aug 1834. the quantities are given in troy ounces (of 480 gr each) and grains MF

The weight does not profess to be very accurate but within a few grains in each. | M. Faraday

I find only 28oz 420grs of Platina and 73oz 373gr of Palladium at this date 11 Feb 1834 | MF


Endorsed: Wt of Palladium 74oz

Wt of Platine 45oz 4dwt 12gr.

Two pieces of Palladium No 6 & 9 = 12oz 93grs delivered to Dr. Kane by order of Council 22d June 1840 J.F. Daniell3

1
See RS CM, 6 February 1834, 1: 38, at which Faraday was present, for his application, and its granting, to use the platina that had been bequeathed to the Royal Society by Wollaston for use in scientific work. Faraday said it would assist him in his work on electricity.
2
Endorsed here: delivered to Mr Faraday Feb. 6: 1834 PMR[oget].
3
RS CM, 4 June 1840, 1: 284-5. See Kane (1842) for the outcome of this work.

Bibliography

KANE, Robert John (1842): “Contributions to the Chemical History of Palladium and Platinum”, Phil. Trans., 132: 275-308.

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