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Robert Morein wrote:

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Robert Morein wrote:

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/i...blaluminum.htm