Show an imperial chemist prince lucien bonaparte has bequeathed thed to england his precious collection of mineral and chemical products this thia collection contains specimens of the very greatest on account of their rarity among these being pieces of gold and platinum which are absolutely pure buethe bet the g gems of the collections ons ars are two specimens of those exceedingly rare metals i iridium and germanium the former which is worth three times the price of platinum is as large as a horse borse chestnut As to the piece of germanium although smaller in size its enormous value will le be understood when one reflects that it is worth sixty times its weight in gold the whole collection was prepared in the prince s laboratory he making the most difficult experiments with liis his own hands for he was ono one of tho the most distinguished dished chemists of the d day ay it is interest ie I 1 resting iu to note that his chief and almost his only assistant in his chericel chemic che micel cl researches was his wife the princess no now yolk herald |