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Word: helvetian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1943-1943
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...study of concentrates from monazite sand, believed they had two-millionths of a gram of eka-iodine in the final concentrate. They named it alabamine. Dr. Allison did not isolate it in pure form, nor were other chemists able to confirm his magneto-optic suspicion. The anglo-helvetian stars, however, may merely have fallen on alabamine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Last Element | 1/18/1943 | See Source »

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