BIBLIOGRAPHY OF METALS OF THE 

 PLATINUM GROUP: 



PLATINUM, PALLADIUM, IRIDIUM, RHODIUM, OSMIUM, 

 RUTHENIUM. 



1 748- 1 896. 

 BY JAS. LEWIS HOWE. 



17-i8: 1. DoK Antonio de Ulloa. " Relacion historica del viage a la 

 America Meridional." Madrid, 1748. (First reference to plati- 

 num, vol. i, lib. vi, cap. x, p. 606.) Pt. 



1751: 1. Wm. Watson (and W. Beownrigg). Several papers concern- 

 ing a new semi-metal called platina. Pt. 



1. Letter enclosing metal, by W. Brownrigg, p. 584. 



2. Memoirs of a semi-metal called Platina di Pinto, found in 



the Spanish West Indies, p. 585. 



3. Letter from Watson, p. 590. 



4. Note, p. 593 (incorrectly paged 589). 



5. Further experiments, by AYm. Brownrigg, p. 594. 



PMl. Trans. London, 46 (1751), 584; Phil. Trans. London, Abridg-., 

 10 (1809), 97. 



1751: 2. T. ScHEFFER. (Properties of the ore.) Pt. 



Handl. Akad. Stockholm, 14 (1751), 275. 



1755: 1. Wm. Lewis. Experimental examination of a white substance, 



said to be found in the gold mines of the Spanish West Indies, 



and there known by the appellation of Platina, Platina di Pinto, 



Juan Blanca. (Solution, alloys, purification.) Pt. 



Phil. Trans. London, 48 (1755), 638; 50 (1757), 148; Phil. Trans. 



London, Abridg-., 11 (1807), 97. 



1758: 1. M. . . . [Macquee?] "La platine, For blanc, ou le huitieme 

 metal." Paris, 1758. (Treatise on the ore, including papers of 

 Watson, Scheffer, and Lewis.) Pt. 



