Andres del Rio, Alexander von Humboldt, and the twice discovered element
Caswell, Lyman R.
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Title
Andres del Rio, Alexander von Humboldt, and the twice discovered element
Author(s)
Caswell, Lyman R.
Issue Date
2003-03-15
Keyword(s)
History
Chemistry
History vanadium biog Del Rio Humboldt
Abstract
The discovery of vanadium is traced to the contributions of Andres del Rio. The Spanish-Mexican mineralogist Andres del Rio is today acknowledged as the discoverer of vanadium. The initial failure to recognize del Rio's work, and to assign his name, erythronium, to the element was the result of poor communications, reliance on a friend, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, and, possibly, to prejudice. In this paper these effects will be examd., along with a misinterpreted anal. that also contributed to that failure.
Publisher
Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4385
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127561
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2003v028p035
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Copyright 2003 Division of the History of Chemistry
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