A brief, illustrated history of Tungsten, or wolfram, a rare metal first isolated by Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) and Spanish chemists and brothers José (1754-1796) and Fausto Elhuyar (1755-1833). The word tungsten is derived from the Swedish words tung, meaning heavy or ponderous, and sten, meaning stone. The volume includes a brief history of the use of Tungsten in World Wars I and II, its discovery in the United States, and its various contemporary applications, including radar and electronics.
Andrews, Mildred Gwin. “Tungsten, the Story of an Indispensable Metal.” Tungsten Institute, 1955. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/8336h3188.
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