I mean first before Alunimium.
Bob S
On Sep 6, 2022, at 15:22 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode
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On 9/6/22 13:53, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
So the theoretical substance was dubbed Aluminum first
That's "alumium" first.
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On 9/6/22 13:53, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
So the theoretical substance was dubbed Aluminum first
That's "alumium" first.
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Well, in Scots it's "alumeenium", which just sounds like a Scot suffered
from bad spelling.
On Tue, 6 Sept 2022, 23:54 Bob Sneidar via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Excerpt from WordOrigins.org:
>
> In 1808, British chemist Humphry Davy postulated the existence of a
> me
Excerpt from WordOrigins.org:
In 1808, British chemist Humphry Davy postulated the existence of a metallic
form of alumina ore, which he dubbed alumium.
Davy later changed the name to aluminum. He writes in his 1812 Elements of
Chemical Philosophy: "As yet Aluminum has not been obtained in a
On 9/6/22 13:19, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
or the way they spell "favourites", or pronounce "Aluminum". Do you see an
extra "i" in there? No? It's invisible, that's why.
Yeah. About that.
The "aluminium" version actually preceded "aluminum" by several years,
so if anything the U.S.
