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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

Note 1599 — BOOK XXXIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.

John Bostock translation

The metal known to us as “cadmium” was discovered by Professor Stromeyer in 1818: it is either associated in its ores with zinc, or forms a native sulphuret.

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