03/10/2015
Tungsten trivia - Premiere Illumination
In 1781, Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) produced tungstic acid and predicted that a new metal could be produced from it. He didn’t however, isolate it and was pipped to the post by the Spaniards José and Fausto Elhuyar. This happens all the time in science and wouldn’t be worth noting, if it weren…