On This Day - Jan 12 : Antonio de Ulloa was born

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He is credited with the discovery of platinum (Pt) after publishing in 1748 accounts of his time in South America. Platinum had actually been used by pre-columbian civilisations, making Ulloa’s work of a‘re-discovery’.

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