MYSTERIOUS SILVER DISCOVERY.
"During the past year a Japanese made the startling announcement I hat, by boating certain common substances In a crucible with suitable reagents, he had succeeded In isolating some small silver grains." writes B. K. Rashima from Japan. "These substances did not, reveal I lie presence of silver by tho methods ordinarily employed. His announcement aroused the interest ot chemists, many of whom called upon him and examined his work. But they could not oxplaln his findings. Some thought them fantastic. The inventor himself has been able to'offo r a scientific oxplamnMon Ho is not a University man, but is a trained technician. "Dr. Tsuneya Marusawa, PrO--I'ossor of applied ohomistiry in the Kyushu Imperial University, and Dr. Sadahiko Sato wero greatly interested in his work, and are conducting investigations with a View to finding the scientific explanation for tills discovery. Dr. Snto has recently announced that ho can isolato silver from substances which do not yield silver by the usual analytical methods, but has not yot advanced a scientific explainalton." • Popular Science Siftings.
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Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 432, 30 April 1923, Page 2
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