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    the discoverer, humphry davy, was english. the name is originally the english “alum” and the latin “ium”, which was criticized because names were traditionally constructed from latin roots. european scientists suggested “aluminium”, for “element created from alum”, but the year after that, when davy published a chemistry book, he spelled it “aluminum”. this took hold in britain, but the rest of europe used “aluminium” so they standardized.

    a few years later, when the word first appeared in an american dictionary, only the “num” spelling was added. scientists kept using “-ium” but the general populace went on the dictionary definition until it won out. the “american” spelling was only accepted by american scientists about 110 years after the element was discovered.











  • lime!@feddit.nutoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldOk smartass
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    not the same image, but op’s image is an ai upscale of the one you linked. the tells are

    1. the background is red instead of white
    2. the pattern on the sleeves is similar, but different.
    3. the original is flipped horizontally, and the upscale doesn’t know that, so it tries to “fix” the numbers of the pocketwatch, turning the flipped “IX” into… “N”