I mean first before Alunimium.
Bob S
On Sep 6, 2022, at 15:22 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode
mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
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, <
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> 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
