| Show THE VALUE OF METALS there is an idea more or lose leas preva ent eat that gad is the most precious preci oua of 1 I oae tale in a certain practical sell denae this is not tar far wrong but as a matter or of fact it is greatly out of the way there are several other metals by J reason of certain peculiar anti and unusual qualities are rated bayoud gold in the markets of the world as 89 is shown by a recent list published in new york platinum supposed by some few to to be one of the out ranking gold to rated at about half as much with the 1 following rates per troy pound for betak worth more than gold barium 1492 1192 iva calcium cerium 2798 chromium didymium erbium 2797 gallium 52 indium lanthanum lithium niobium 1865 osmium um rhodium 1865 ruthenium 2052 rubidium tantalum titanium thorium vanadium yttrium zirconium these prices are however the equivalents of quotations by the gram and it is probable that for so 00 larne large a quantity as aa a pound if procurable a considerable dis die count would be made the utter inability to procure a pound at a time of such ouch metals contributes toward their value in some cases |
