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oa Merchandising Malleable Platinum
The Scientific and Financial Partnership of Smithson Tennant and William Hyde Wollaston
- Source: Platinum Metals Review, Volume 33, Issue 3, Jul 1989, p. 129 - 136
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- 01 Jan 1989
Abstract
In the year 1800 Tennant and Wollaston agreed to share the expenses of a joint chemical enterprise, the most profitable aspect of which was to become the production and sale of malleable platinum. It is generally known that Wollaston was responsible for the chemical and metallurgical innovations which yielded a reliable process for the production of the metal. Although the role of Tennant was crucial in the establishment of the partnership, his well-known inability to bring projects to a successful conclusion created strain in the partnership, and his practical contributions amounted to little. Thus Wollaston fully deserves the credit given to him for the production of malleable platinum.
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