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The
Pantelegraph article states that it used paper impregnated with
potassium ferricyanide, while this article mentions
potassium ferrocyanide, a different chemical with a very similar-sounding name. Is there a written source on which chemical Bain actually used?
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Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment
Copy-paste from 2016 source, which turns out to be the source of some of the content in earlier diffs.
Stopping there; the usual smorgasbord of copyvio, paraphrasing issues, changed meaning, failed verification, not to mention later removing the
WP:ENGVAR.
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Alexander Bain (inventor) was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the
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The
Pantelegraph article states that it used paper impregnated with
potassium ferricyanide, while this article mentions
potassium ferrocyanide, a different chemical with a very similar-sounding name. Is there a written source on which chemical Bain actually used?
Discoverator (
talk) 09:35, 19 June 2021 (UTC)reply
Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment
Copy-paste from 2016 source, which turns out to be the source of some of the content in earlier diffs.
Stopping there; the usual smorgasbord of copyvio, paraphrasing issues, changed meaning, failed verification, not to mention later removing the
WP:ENGVAR.
SandyGeorgia (
Talk)
Copyright problem removed
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