oa The First Experiments on Platinum

Upon the whole, this Semi metal feems a very Angular Body, that merits an exacter Inquiry into its Nature than hath hitherto been made; fince it is not altogether improbable, that, like the Magnet, Iron, Antimony, Mercury, and other metallic Substances, it may be endowed with fome peculiar Qualities, that may render it of fingular Use and Importance to Mankind.