Jordantype, otherwise called 'electrotype : its early history, being a vindication of the claims of C.J. Jordan as the inventor of electrometallurgy / by Henry Dircks.

  • Dircks, Henry, 1806-1873.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Jordantype, otherwise called 'electrotype : its early history, being a vindication of the claims of C.J. Jordan as the inventor of electrometallurgy / by Henry Dircks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. Although the present discussion may not be one of general public interest, still it concerns science to be correctly informed of the origin and progress of its several applications to the arts. It is well when such inquiries depend on easily ascertained facts, under investigation at a remote period. But should disputes arise at the very birth of a new art, it is certainly desirable to put on record, as early as possible, such data as may enable pos¬ terity, at least, to settle such disputed claims. With this last view, I re-publish the present Pa¬ pers, with some additional remarks,— affording altogether a candid and impartial statement of the subject of Electro-metallurgic History, while all the parties are still living, and all the facts promi¬ nently before the republic of letters and science. In adopting the title of Jordantype, I have been guided by the claim to the invention now resting on unequivocal documentary evidence, repeatedly promised in 1844, but very unworthily witheld until Dec. 1851,— a circumstance alone sufficient to frustrate any earlier decided course in bestowing this well-merited crowning honour. London, Feb. 1852. H. D. 1 Wv-' v 1? * \ ... T .