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1887
Volume 27, Issue 4
  • ISSN: 0032-1400

Abstract

In 1824, the British government sought to keep pace with continental advances in optical glass manufacture by funding research into the area. Faraday was put in charge of the experimental investigation and he relied heavily on platinum for vessels and instruments. Throughout the researches he was aided by William Hyde Wollaston, who manufactured and supplied the platinum initially used.

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References

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  10. Ibid., 10
  11. Ibid., 17
  12. Ibid., 34
  13. Ibid., 3738
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  15. Ibid., 86
  16. Op. cit., (Ref. 14), loose sheet in notebook F
  17. Ibid.
  18. Op. cit., (Ref. 14), a second loose sheet in notebook F
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