[Sca-cooks] Metal Pronunciation (was lots of things)

[Jane Williams]

Philippa Alderton <phlip_u at yahoo.com> wrote :

> From:
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> http://nautilus.fis.uc.pt/st2.5/scenes-e/elem/e01310.html
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> The metal derives its name from alumen,.....

Thanks!

And it's worth following that link for the full story, too. Gives a happy, warm, "the world is a good place" feeling, reading about all those people from different countries adding their bits until they not only knew what the stuff was but had a really good way of producing it. And they didn't have the benefits of email, either!