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Excerpt from Spectrophotoelectrical Sensitivity of Argentite (Ag2s)
The material used came from Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Samples Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 were broken from a large, quite well-formed crystal. Sample No. 5 was a well-formed crystal, broken from a long branched formation - United States National Museum, specimen No. 78474. Sample No. 3 was broken from a large massive formation of small crystals Showing cleavage sur faces mm. Or smaller in diameter. Grooves Were cut around the ends of these samples into which was wound fine, no. 36, copper wire. This wire and the ends of the crystals were then completely covered with Woods alloy, which provided good electrical contact Over the whole end of the crystal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
