The Delhuyar brothers, tungsten, and Spanish silver

Caswell, Lyman R.

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Title

The Delhuyar brothers, tungsten, and Spanish silver

Author(s)

Caswell, Lyman R.

Contributor(s)

Daley, Rebecca W. Stone

Issue Date

1999-03-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• Tungsten Discovery Delhuyar

Abstract

The brothers Juan Jose and Fausto Delhuyar y Lubice can be considered as leaders in the transfer of European chem. and mining technol. to colonial Spanish America. Both are recognized as discoverers of tungsten which they obtained from the mineral wolframite through redn. by powd. carbon in an air-tight crucible. The elder brother, Juan Jose, did most of the lab. work but Fausto was the one who communicated the news of the isolation of the new metal. The brothers also worked on the processing of silver ores and greatly helped the Mexican mining industry with the establishment of the School of Mines in Mexico City.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

ISSN

1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc1999n23p011

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Copyright 1999 Division of the History of Chemistry

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