History of Platinum
A History of Platinum and its Allied Metals
This book describes the history of platinum and its associated metals, covering important discoveries and scientific work on the platinum group metals up to the early twentieth century. With twenty-four chapters, 450 pages, over 600 references and 235 illustrations (20 in colour) including 100 portraits, “A History of Platinum and its Allied Metals” by Donald McDonald and Leslie B. Hunt is the definitive description of how science was able to progress by means of the unique properties of these metals.
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00 – Foreword – Contents (2.8 MB)
01 – The Beginning of the Story (4.4 MB)
02 – The Platinum of New Granada (6.2 MB)
03 – Early Scientific Enquiries into the Properties and Nature of Platinum (9.7 MB)
04 – Early Attempts to Melt and Work Platinum (7.7 MB)
05 – The Arsenic Process and its Use by the French Goldsmiths (6.4 MB)
06 – The Platinum Age in Spain (6.7 MB)
07 – The Widening of Interest in Platinum and its Properties (8.9 MB)
08 – The Professional Scientists of London and their Societies (4.7 MB)
09 – The Partnership of Smithson Tennant and William Hyde Wollaston (12.8 MB)
10 – The Platinum Industry in France after the Revolution (6.0 MB)
11 – Progress in England after Wollaston (8.4 MB)
12 – The Discovery and Early History of Catalysis (5.7 MB)
13 – The Foundation of the Russian Platinum Industry (7.0 MB)
14 – The Platinum Metals in Early Nineteenth Century Chemistry (6.6 MB)
15 – The Melting of Platinum and the New Metallurgy of Deville and Debray (6.3 MB)
16 – George Matthey and the Building of the British Platinum Industry (10.0 MB)
17 – The Development of the Platinum Industry in Continental Europe (6.0 MB)
18 – The Platinum Metals in the Periodic System (4.6 MB)
19 – Platinum in the Measurement of High Temperatures (6.4 MB)
20 – Platinum Extraction and Fabrication on the American Continents (7.3 MB)
21 – The Growth of Industrial Catalysis with the Platinum Metals (6.3 MB)
22 – Production of the Platinum Metals in Soviet Russia (2.5 MB)
23 – The Discovery of the World’s Greatest Platinum Resources (4.0 MB)
24 – The Story Continues (4.2 MB)
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Bibliographic Information
ISBN: 0-905118-83-9
© 1982 Johnson Matthey Plc
