Word: virginium
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...beam. Last week's triumph of Professor Allison was his ability to state that eka-cesium had six very similar forms or isotopes. No. 87 belongs to the base-forming family of elements which include lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium. Professor Allison, 50, asked scientists to call the element virginium. after the State of his birth. He asked them to call Element No. 85 ?a halogen with fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine?alabamine, after the State whose Polytechnic Institute at Auburn he has headed for ten years. As scientific tender for this request, he last week reported that...
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