Show an imperial chemist prince lucien bonaparte lias bequeathed thed to england his precious collection of mineral and chemical products this collection contains specimens of the very greatest value on account of their rarity among these being pieces of gold and platinum which are absolutely pure but the gems of tho collections are two specimens of those exceedingly rare metals and germanium the former which is worth three times the price of platinum is as large as a horse chestnut As to the piece of germanium although smaller in size its enormous value will he understood when one reflects that it is worth sixty times its weight iu gold the whole collection was prepared in the princes laboratory he making the most difficult experiments with his own fiands for he was one of the most distinguished chemists of the day it is interesting to note that his chief and almost his only assistant in his chemical chemic cl researches was his wife the princess new york herald |