"Odkrycie" vestium/rutenu

• Authors: Roman Edmund Sioda

Title variants

EN

THE DISCOVERY OF VESTIUM/RUTHENIUM

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The discovery in May 2011 in the archives of the Académie des Sciences - Institut de France in Paris of two letters of June and October 1808 of Professor Jan Śniadecki (1765-1830), vice-chancellor of the Vilna University, enabled to obtain new, interesting facts regarding submitting the discovery of new metal called Vestium by younger brother of vice-chancellor, Professor of chemistry at the University, Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768-1838). The article also contains a transcript and Polish translation of both letters.

Keywords

EN

HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY; HISTORY OF DISCOVERIES OF ELEMENTS; VILNA UNIVERSITY; JAN ŚNIADECKI; JĘDRZEJ ŚNIADECKI; NEW METAL VESTIUM; RUTHENIUM ELEMENT

• Publisher: Institute of the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 1-2(40-41)
• Pages: 203-226

Contributors

author

Roman Edmund Sioda,