Read somewhere once that the apex of the Washington
Monument was originally a pyramid of  Aluminum.

Jack

On 2/9/08, Apptech <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >> Vaguely related question:    Napoleon's dinnerset for his
> >> top guests was made of gold. His personal dinnerset was
> >> made
> >> of a metal more precious. Not anything like Platinum,
> >> Silver, Rhodium, Palladium etc. Something that nowadays
> >> would be a non starter. What was it made of?
>
> > Aluminum?
>
> Yes.
> Very rare and valuable stuff.
> Nice finish.
> Reasonably corrosion resistant with exceptions.
> Exceedingly hard to extract.
> Even now it's a specialist art - because it's a large and
> industrial one we don't see how much magic there is in
> getting it right.
>
>
>
>         Russell
>
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