I have added to the "aluminum" thread.

Regards,
Bob Morein

Robert Morein wrote:

I have added to the "aluminum" thread.

You mean aluminium of course ?

Graham

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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

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

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Rumour has it that shortly after its practical refinement

That should be refining of course.

Graham

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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

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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

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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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

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.

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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.

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. ;-)

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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

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.