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Forum: The Poop Deck 10-12-2008, 06:46 PM
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Posted By Trim50
Potaatium it is!...

Potaatium it is! https://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

It is funny how this single subject on how to pronounce Aluminum becomes the center of discussion...
Forum: The Poop Deck 10-12-2008, 06:29 PM
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Views: 2,628
Posted By Trim50
Ah...and more Wohler is generally credited...

Ah...and more

Wohler is generally credited with having isolated the metal in 1827, although an impure form was prepared by Oersted two years earlier. In 1807, Davy proposed the name aluminum for...
Forum: The Poop Deck 10-12-2008, 05:42 PM
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Posted By Trim50
Notice I said "Invented" ...discovering it (or...

Notice I said "Invented" ...discovering it (or predicting it's existence) and inventing the method for making it are hugely different. The arguement is the same for C60 fullerenes, Smalley vs. IBM.
Forum: The Poop Deck 10-12-2008, 04:01 PM
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Posted By Trim50
Well, since an American invented aluminum...we...

Well, since an American invented aluminum...we will pronounce it however we like ;-)

Even so, Britain never gave-up ownership of the US. We were simply made Britains military branch. If anyone has...
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