Optics – The Episodic Table of Elements

63. Europium: The Age Of Enlightenment

June 22, 2020

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Color, Frank Harold Spedding, Herbert N. McCoy, Illumination, Optics, Particle Accelerators, Radioactivity, Television

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As element collectors, may we all one day be as fortunate as Frank Harold Spedding.

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49. Indium: The Spectre Of Isaac

November 11, 2019

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Alchemy, Color, Crime, East India Company, England, Etymology, Ferdinand Reich, Hieronymus Richter, Illumination, Imperialism, India, Isaac Newton, Numismatics, Optics, Perception, Spectroscopy, Television, William Chaloner

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The story of indium is pretty straightforward, but its namesake is practically impossible to pin down.

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