grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-220 天前Aluminum used to be so hard to process that if was seen as a status of the most wealthy. Napoleon would present his most honored guest with plate made from Aluminum and his less honorable guests with…thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down14
arrow-up1138arrow-down1imageAluminum used to be so hard to process that if was seen as a status of the most wealthy. Napoleon would present his most honored guest with plate made from Aluminum and his less honorable guests with…thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-220 天前message-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareWolf314159@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 个月前That’s literally the answer though. They used electricity to process aluminum in a new way and much much much more cheaply than was possible before.
minus-squaredeftlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 个月前No yeah I wasn’t kidding. I genuinely understand now
minus-squareWolf314159@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 个月前Sorry, hard to tell sometimes. I was afraid that I was too intentionally vague at first.
minus-squaredeftlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 个月前Lol it’s okay it is the Internet. Thanks for free education
How’d they do that
Electricity.
Ahh I understand now
That’s literally the answer though. They used electricity to process aluminum in a new way and much much much more cheaply than was possible before.
No yeah I wasn’t kidding. I genuinely understand now
Sorry, hard to tell sometimes. I was afraid that I was too intentionally vague at first.
Lol it’s okay it is the Internet. Thanks for free education