Maybe we should go metric...?

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Sent: April 23, 2010 3:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers

Speaking Greece and Rome,  it's remarkable what  a heritage mess we are
living with/in.  Hence we have:
Monday : Moon's day
Tuesday: keltic  god Tiw
Wednesday: anglosaxian god Wodan
Thursday: nordic god Thor
Friday:  nordig got Frey
Saturday: Saturnus day, roman
Sunday: keltic, nordic, a universal mix

January: roman god Janus
February: febreeum or day of purification
Mars: roman war god with same name
April: roman aperire or open (spring)
May: roman Maia, fertility goddess
June: roman Juno, Jupiter's wife
July: of course after emperor Julius
August: ditto Augustus
September: seventh month in roman calender
October: eighth month   ditto
November: ninth month ditto
December: tenth  ditto

Autumn: roman autumnum, time for harvesting
Winter: welsh goddess Gwyn
Summer: indogermanic zomer
Spring: probably latin spira,  a warm wind

Why on earth do we have all these spoky things Year 2010?
Well, who can come with plausible substitutes?

Inge



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From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: den 23 April 2010 12:53
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Subject: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers

> Hi folks! Ok, here is the Friday element quiz answers:
>
> The Question:
>        I am a ductile BCC metal and one of the few BCC metals that  
> has no ductile-to-brittle transition. My elemental name is part of 
> Greek mythology.
>
> The Answer: Ta - tantalum
>
> Bonus Points:
>        Name this metal's greatest attribute and its melting 
> temperature rank with respect to all of the metals.
>
> The bonus points answers: Greatest attribute is the tenaciousness of 
> its oxide and Ta has the 4th highest melting point
>
>
> The winner is Joe Kane!
>
> And the really odd thing is that Guy Ramsey is awarded the "almost" 
> winner prize. Tantalum was named after Tantalus, the son of Zeus, 
> because the difficult efforts to get pure Ta separated from Niobium 
> (Nb) reminded them of the punishment inflicted on Tantalus by the 
> Greek gods for abusing his guest privileges at the Greek Gods parties.

> The daughter of Tantalus was Niobe - thus the source of the name for 
> the element Niobium (which is what Guy submitted).
>
> Joe - you get Doug's desk but I haven't a clue how you will be able to

> claim it.
>
> Everone have a fun and safe weekend
>
> Dave
>
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