ANTONIO DE ULLOA, DISCOVERER OF PLATINUM
Abstract:
<p align="justify"> Don Antonio de Ulloa, a member of a distinguished Spanish family, was born in 1716 and died in 1795. He studied physics and mathematics and was a member of many scientific societies, including the Academy of Sciences of Paris and the Royal Society of London. He traveled widely in Europe and the Americas and occupied many important positions, including those of Frigate Captain, Commander of the Royal Squadron of the Spanish Armada, Goverment of Huancavelica -Peru, Louisiana, and Florida. In l735, while a member of a scientific expedition sent by the Spanish and French governments to South America to measure a degree of meridian in Quito, close to the equator, he discovered platinum in the mines of Lavadero or wash gold in the district of Choco. </p>
<p align="justify"> Don Antonio de Ulloa, a member of a distinguished Spanish family, was born in 1716 and died in 1795. He studied physics and mathematics and was a member of many scientific societies, including the Academy of Sciences of Paris and the Royal Society of London. He traveled widely in Europe and the Americas and occupied many important positions, including those of Frigate Captain, Commander of the Royal Squadron of the Spanish Armada, Goverment of Huancavelica -Peru, Louisiana, and Florida. In l735, while a member of a scientific expedition sent by the Spanish and French governments to South America to measure a degree of meridian in Quito, close to the equator, he discovered platinum in the mines of Lavadero or wash gold in the district of Choco. </p>
DOI: 10.48141/SBJCHEM.v6.n7.1998.4_1998_2.pdf
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