Post by brillbilly on Dec 4, 2009 4:41:28 GMT 10
Aluminium belt
CHINA
On December 1, 1993, a workman's spade broke through the roof of a long buried and forgotten tomb. At the time, a project was under way to build a sports field for the Jingyi Middle school of Yix-ing City in the Jiang-su Province of China.
When police who were called in recognised the find as a tomb, they in turn called for the Huadong Historical Relics Working Team. They eventually identified the tomb as the burial site of Chou Chou, a famous general of the Chin dynasty, who lived from 265-316 AD.
Among items found in the tomb were pieces of pottery pieces, porcelain, scraps of gold and a metal belt fastener. The fastener, which was found to be of aluminium, was thoroughly examined by the Dunbai Polytechnic, as well as by the Institute of Applied Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Aluminium was supposedly not discovered until 1803 and not obtained successfully in pure form until 1854. It is very difficult to isolate, from bauxite, as a pure metal, without using a lot of electric power.
www.beforeus.com/some_original.html I will find more on this ;D
CHINA
On December 1, 1993, a workman's spade broke through the roof of a long buried and forgotten tomb. At the time, a project was under way to build a sports field for the Jingyi Middle school of Yix-ing City in the Jiang-su Province of China.
When police who were called in recognised the find as a tomb, they in turn called for the Huadong Historical Relics Working Team. They eventually identified the tomb as the burial site of Chou Chou, a famous general of the Chin dynasty, who lived from 265-316 AD.
Among items found in the tomb were pieces of pottery pieces, porcelain, scraps of gold and a metal belt fastener. The fastener, which was found to be of aluminium, was thoroughly examined by the Dunbai Polytechnic, as well as by the Institute of Applied Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Aluminium was supposedly not discovered until 1803 and not obtained successfully in pure form until 1854. It is very difficult to isolate, from bauxite, as a pure metal, without using a lot of electric power.
www.beforeus.com/some_original.html I will find more on this ;D
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