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Article #2772Re: promethium
From: Paul M Koloc
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1986 21:37
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1986 21:37
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In article <943@ellie.UUCP> colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes:
>> > All red-blooded Americans call element no. 61 "illinium."
>> My dictionary lists promethium but not illinium.
>
>Here's what my [old] desk dictionary says (Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,
>Fifth Edition, G. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, 1948):
>il-lin'-i-um (i-lin'-i-um), n. [NL., fr. Illinois + -ium.] Chem. A rare
>metallic element discovered in 1926. Symbol, Il; at. no., 61.
For some reason, I kind of like the name "promethium"
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!pesnta!amd!amdcad!amdimage!prls!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!prometheus!pmk From: pmk@prometheus.UUCP (Paul M Koloc) Newsgroups: net.comics,net.sci Subject: Re: promethium Message-ID: <218@prometheus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Apr-86 16:37:11 EST Article-I.D.: promethe.218 Posted: Tue Apr 15 16:37:11 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Apr-86 08:48:15 EST References: <921@ellie.UUCP> <36000125@uiucdcs> <943@ellie.UUCP> Reply-To: pmk@prometheus.UUCP (Paul M Koloc) Organization: Prometheus II, Ltd., College Park, MD 20740-0222 Lines: 16 Keywords: elements, illinium, promethium