Karl von Sickingen

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Karl Heinrich Joseph Reichsgraf von Sickingen was a German academic who is known for his work on platinum. [1]

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Biography

von Sickingen was born in 1737. [2] He died on July 13, 1791, in Vienna. [2] [3]

The researches of von Sickingen were scientific in nature. [2] He made significant and accurate remarks on platinum, even though it was already acknowledged as a novel material in the 16th century, which is characterised by its large weight, meltability, and unassailability. [2] He played an instrumental role in the discovery on how to convert the metal, which had previously only existed in infusible grains, into cohesive sheet metal. [2]

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References

  1. "Deutsche Biographie - Sickingen, Karl Heinrich Joseph Graf von" (in German). Deutsche-biographie.de. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Deutsche Biographie - Sickingen, Karl Heinrich Joseph Graf von". Deutsche-biographie.de. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  3. "CERL Thesaurus". Data.cerl.org. 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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