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[Robert Morein]

I have added to the "aluminum" thread.

Regards,
Bob Morein

[Pooh Bear]

Robert Morein wrote:

> I have added to the "aluminum" thread.

You mean aluminium of course ?

Graham

[Robert Morein]

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> Robert Morein wrote:
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>> I have added to the "aluminum" thread.
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> You mean aluminium of course ?
>
> Graham
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"Aluminum" is actually the American spelling.
http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=aluminum

[Pooh Bear]

Robert Morein wrote:

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> > Robert Morein wrote:
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> >> I have added to the "aluminum" thread.
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> > You mean aluminium of course ?
> >
> > Graham
> >
> "Aluminum" is actually the American spelling.
> http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=aluminum

I know. I'm pulling your leg.

Rumour has it that shortly after its practical refinement, a sample of
aluminium was sent to the USA but the packaging was improperly stencilled
with a missing 'i'. Hence the difference.

Graham

[Pooh Bear]

Pooh Bear wrote:

> Rumour has it that shortly after its practical refinement

That should be refining of course.

Graham

[Robert Morein]

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>> > Robert Morein wrote:
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>> >> I have added to the "aluminum" thread.
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>> > You mean aluminium of course ?
>> >
>> > Graham
>> >
>> "Aluminum" is actually the American spelling.
>> http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=aluminum
>
> I know. I'm pulling your leg.
>
> Rumour has it that shortly after its practical refinement, a sample of
> aluminium was sent to the USA but the packaging was improperly stencilled
> with a missing 'i'. Hence the difference.
>
> Graham
>
The only problem with that theory is that Charles Martin Hall, who invented
the electrolytic refining process, was American.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blaluminum.htm

[Pooh Bear]

Robert Morein wrote:

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> >> >> I have added to the "aluminum" thread.
> >> >
> >> > You mean aluminium of course ?
> >> >
> >> > Graham
> >> >
> >> "Aluminum" is actually the American spelling.
> >> http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=aluminum
> >
> > I know. I'm pulling your leg.
> >
> > Rumour has it that shortly after its practical refinement, a sample of
> > aluminium was sent to the USA but the packaging was improperly stencilled
> > with a missing 'i'. Hence the difference.
> >
> > Graham
> >
> The only problem with that theory is that Charles Martin Hall, who invented
> the electrolytic refining process, was American.
> http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blaluminum.htm

I had the French in mind when I posted that story.

I note from the above...

" Wöhler's method was improved in 1854 by Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville,
a French chemist. Deville's process allowed for the commercial production of
aluminum. As a result, the price of the metal dropped from around $1200 per
kilogram in 1852 to around $40 per kilogram in 1859 "

Graham

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>> > Robert Morein wrote:
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>> >> I have added to the "aluminum" thread.
>> >
>> > You mean aluminium of course ?
>> >
>> > Graham
>> >
>> "Aluminum" is actually the American spelling.
>> http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=aluminum
>
> I know. I'm pulling your leg.
>
> Rumour has it that shortly after its practical refinement, a sample of
> aluminium was sent to the USA but the packaging was improperly stencilled
> with a missing 'i'. Hence the difference.
>
> Graham
>
There's a siilar story about how they came up with the name for Canada.
It seems they put a bunch of random letters in a hat and started pulling
them out, "C" eh. "N" eh, "D" eh.

[Arny Krueger]

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>> >> I have added to the "aluminum" thread.
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>> > You mean aluminium of course ?
>> >
>> > Graham
>> >
>> "Aluminum" is actually the American spelling.
>> http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=aluminum
>
> I know. I'm pulling your leg.
>
> Rumour has it that shortly after its practical refinement, a sample of
> aluminium was sent to the USA but the packaging was improperly stencilled
> with a missing 'i'. Hence the difference.

Interesting rumor, given that the first practical process for refining
aluminum was the Hall process, which was developed in the US by George Hall
who founded Alcoa.

Given all that, perhaps shortly after its practical refinement a sample of
aluminum was sent from the US to the UK. The folks in UK promptly added
something trivial and meaningless to make it look like they did on their
own, in this case being a gratuitous letter i. ;-)

[Robert Morein]

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>> >> >> I have added to the "aluminum" thread.
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>> >> > You mean aluminium of course ?
>> >> >
>> >> > Graham
>> >> >
>> >> "Aluminum" is actually the American spelling.
>> >> http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=aluminum
>> >
>> > I know. I'm pulling your leg.
>> >
>> > Rumour has it that shortly after its practical refinement, a sample of
>> > aluminium was sent to the USA but the packaging was improperly
>> > stencilled
>> > with a missing 'i'. Hence the difference.
>> >
>> > Graham
>> >
>> The only problem with that theory is that Charles Martin Hall, who
>> invented
>> the electrolytic refining process, was American.
>> http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blaluminum.htm
>
> I had the French in mind when I posted that story.
>
> I note from the above...
>
> " Wöhler's method was improved in 1854 by Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire
> Deville,
> a French chemist. Deville's process allowed for the commercial production
> of
> aluminum. As a result, the price of the metal dropped from around $1200
> per
> kilogram in 1852 to around $40 per kilogram in 1859 "
>
> Graham
>
Good story, and I'm sorry I wasn't aware of it to appreciate the humor of
your anecdote, which sounds plausible.