i4* Platina. [Book VI. 



Platina, when thoroughly purified, by cod"Hon in the 

 muriatic acid and precipitation from aqua regia, may 

 be fufed into a mafs nearly as malleable as foft iron. 

 This property, united to thofe of refitting acids, its 

 great infufibility, and welding, feem to render platina 

 applicable to purpofes which no other metal is capable 

 ofanfwering. 



