According to the OED: Aluminum = Aluminium; being the name given by Davy in 1812, and the usual form in the U.S.
1812 SIR H. DAVY Chem. Philos. I. 355 As yet Aluminum has not been obtained in a perfectly free state. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 406 Alumina, the earthy oxide of aluminum sometimes called argil or the argillaceous earth. 1855 in Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. VI. 141 Mr. DuBois laid upon the table specimens of the metal aluminum. 1879 C. CAMERON in Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 170 Aluminum is a white malleable metal. And some usages of Aluminium: 1812 Q. Rev. VIII. 72 Aluminium, for so we shall take the liberty of writing the word, in preference to aluminum, which has a less classical sound. 1835 HOBLYN Dict. Med. 6 Aluminium, the metallic base of alumina. 1845 Vest. Creation ii. (ed. 3) 34 Aluminium..is another abundant elementary substance. c1860 FARADAY Forces of Nat. i. 195 note, Aluminium is 2 times heavier than water. 1869 Eng. Mech. 14 May 187/3 Some Belgian manufacturer has just had a bell cast of aluminium. 1876 C. GEIKIE Life in Woods xxv. 399 Science got the beautiful metal aluminium out of the clay which ignorance trod under foot. So the name was coined by _Sir_ H. Davy in 1812 and used in writing with both spellings. Now y'all just need to argue about the proper declinations of the Alumina/Aluminum suffixi. Kevin Graeme ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
