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Fun fact that I recently learned, the person who named aluminum was Humphry Davy and he originally suggested "alumium" but ended up choosing "aluminum".
by plopz 8y ago
Fun fact that I recently learned, the person who named aluminum was Humphry Davy and he originally suggested "alumium" but ended up choosing "aluminum".
- ConceptJunkie 8y agoIt would be interesting to find out how that became "aluminium" in England. Perhaps they were more interested in retaining the "ium" suffix.
- lorenzhs 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Etymology