# Millar 2017: "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. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A time-resolved record of one crewman's condition, bearing on the…

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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.

**Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.046](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.046)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

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

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Thumbnail element series of a Beechey sailor bears on his nutrition in his last months.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K1SW5F6M/thumbnail-element-series-of-a-beechey-sailor-bears-on-his)

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[The Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition)

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## Cite it

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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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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.046)

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