For our updated Palladium video, we are mining the Royal Society archives for the story of its discovery a tale of money, an asteroid and stolen samples?

The discovery was made by William Hyde Wollaston.

Royal Society (Romantic Chemistry Exhibition until June 14): http://royalsociety.org/events/2012/r...

This video features Professor Martyn Poliakoff.

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