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"Hartnell's time machine" reprise: Further implications of zinc, lead and copper in the thumbnail of a Franklin expedition crewmember

Keith Millar, Adrian W. Bowman, 2017. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 13: 286-290.

A further analysis of the zinc, lead and copper measured along the thumbnail of John Hartnell, buried on Beechey Island in 1846, and of what the time series implies about his nutrition and lead exposure in his last months.

MYS0D59JQ9Y6A6Y · mystery · click to copyMFranklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)Articledoi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.046Checked against the original0

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A time-resolved record of one crewman's condition, bearing on the nutrition and lead readings.

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Millar, K., & Bowman, A. W. (2017). "Hartnell's time machine" reprise: Further implications of zinc, lead and copper in the thumbnail of a Franklin expedition crewmember. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 13: 286-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.046
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