grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 days agoAluminum used to be so hard to process that if was seen as a status of the most wealthy. Napoleon would present his most honored guest with plate made from Aluminum and his less honorable guests with…thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down14
arrow-up1135arrow-down1imageAluminum used to be so hard to process that if was seen as a status of the most wealthy. Napoleon would present his most honored guest with plate made from Aluminum and his less honorable guests with…thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squaremakingrain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·7 days agoPlatinium, not platinum.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 days agohttps://english.stackexchange.com/a/526513/419053 https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/338826/suffix-ium-vs-um-in-element-names https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/2832/why-do-the-names-of-most-chemical-elements-end-with-um-or-ium
minus-squaremakingrain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoHistory memes Y so serios, boss?
Platinium, not platinum.
https://english.stackexchange.com/a/526513/419053
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/338826/suffix-ium-vs-um-in-element-names
https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/2832/why-do-the-names-of-most-chemical-elements-end-with-um-or-ium
History memes
Y so serios, boss?
∵ serious consequences.