Martin Heinrich Klaproth Quotes:
Ocupation: Chemist
Life: December 1, 1743 - January 1, 1817
Birthday: December 1
Death: January 1
[Pitchblende] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, pitch-blende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be supplied by another more appropriate name.-I have chosen that of uranite, (Uranium), as a kind of memorial, that the chemical discovery of this new metal happened in the period of the astronomical discovery of the new planet Uranus.
source: "Analytical Essays towards Promoting the Chemical Knowledge of Mineral Substances" by Martin Heinrich Klaproth, London: Cadell & Davies, 1801.
topic: Discovery, Names, Iron, Iron Ore, Nomenclature, Metallic
