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THERE is an error in my “Life of Sir William Crookes” which I should like to rectify. I stated that the disagreement between Crookes and the late Sir James Dewar over a method of producing colloidal silver led to the bankruptcy of Crookes's eldest son Henry, who had discovered the method while working under the direction of Sir James Dewar.
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D'ALBE, E. Sir William Crookes. Nature 113, 607 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113607f0
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