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Jul 17, 2006 15:34

In 1808, Humphry Davy originally proposed the name alumium while trying to isolate the new metal electrolytically from the mineral alumina. In 1812, he changed the name to aluminum to match its Latin root. The same year, an anonymous contributor to the Quarterly Review, a British political-literary journal, objected to aluminum and proposed the ( Read more... )

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nuclear_raccoon July 17 2006, 19:59:52 UTC
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boogietiere July 22 2006, 21:16:45 UTC
aluminum THIS!


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boogietiere July 5 2014, 10:02:11 UTC
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