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Two hundred years ago, on January 21st, 1781, there died at his home in Kingston on Thames an almost forgotten English chemist who not only had a marked influence on the chemical technology of the Industrial Revolution, but who compiled the first logical and comprehensive account of the chemistry and physics of gold and of its major uses at that time.
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Hunt, L.B. William lewis on gold. Gold Bull 14, 36–40 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03216557
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