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- noun obsolete Alternative name for
aluminium /aluminum (the chemical element, symbol Al, with an atomic number of 13).
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** HISTORICAL FOOTNOTE: Aluminum was originally named "alumium" by
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The earliest citation given in the Oxford English Dictionary for any word used as a name for this element is alumium, which Humphry Davy employed in 1808 for the metal he was trying to isolate electrolytically from the mineral alumina.
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Sir Humphry made a bit of a mess of naming this new element, at first spelling it alumium this was in 1807 then changing it to aluminum, and finally settling on aluminium in 1812.
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 Various
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Though it remained beyond his reach, he named this thing alumium, before renaming it aluminum.
Gizmodo Rachel Swaby 2011
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There are some, such as carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, silicon, boron, alumium, the right of which to the title of _ion_ it is desirable to decide as soon as possible.
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 Michael Faraday 1829
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It's possible that aluminium can corrode to alumium oxide, but the MacBooks are anodised to protect for this.
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Seal up alumium foil by folding edges together. en Español
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Place one chicken breast in center of a square of alumium foil and salt and pepper.
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After noting a large variability in alumium in foods, they said this should be
FoodNavigator RSS 2009
slumry commented on the word alumium
From alum, the original name for aluminum or aluminium.
July 10, 2007