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140 years ago today, Charles Martin Hall, an American inventor, businessman, and chemist, filed his first patent for an inexpensive method of producing aluminum. (www.sciencehistory.org)
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And before the Brits join in: it was called "aluminum" before it was called "aluminium". But yes, "aluminium" does sound nicer.

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    [Marc Newson's Lockheed Lounge pictured (1986) https://marc-newson.com/lockheed-lounge/]

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