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Müller House

Müller House
Original function:
house
Current function:
house
Settlement:
Nagyszeben, Sibiu
Address:
Strada Mitropoliei 26
Historical Hungarian county:
Szeben
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.7947100128, 24.1473227872
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History

At the end of the 18th century, this house was the home of Franz Josef Müller, the discoverer of tellurium, who was born in Poysdorf, Austria. Müller was chief inspector of the Transylvanian mines from 1775 and moved to Szeben at the invitation of Baron Brukenthal and with the recomendation of the Viennese court to carry out his research. Here he discovered the new element in 1782.

A mineral called nagyágit, a sulphide containing gold, lead, antimony and tellurium, is named after the village of Nagyág in the Transylvanian Ore Mountains. This is the mineral in which Müller discovered the chemical element tellurium.

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