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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 435046, member: 56"]From Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>Prices of aluminium dropped and aluminium became widely used in jewelry, everyday items, eyeglass frames, optical instruments, tableware, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_foil" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_foil" rel="nofollow">foil</a> in the 1890s and early 20th century. Aluminium's ability to form hard yet light alloys with other metals provided the metal many uses at the time.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov200764–69-73" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov200764–69-73" rel="nofollow">[69]</a> During <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" rel="nofollow">World War I</a>, major governments demanded large shipments of aluminium for light strong airframes.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-74" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-74" rel="nofollow">[70]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>By the mid-20th century, aluminium had become a part of everyday life and an essential component of housewares.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov200769–70-75" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov200769–70-75" rel="nofollow">[71]</a> During the mid-20th century, aluminium emerged as a civil engineering material, with building applications in both basic construction and interior finish work,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov2007165–166-76" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov2007165–166-76" rel="nofollow">[72]</a> and increasingly being used in military engineering, for both airplanes and land armor vehicle engines.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov200785-77" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov200785-77" rel="nofollow">[73]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1" rel="nofollow">Earth's first artificial satellite</a>, launched in 1957, consisted of two separate aluminium semi-spheres joined together and all subsequent space vehicles have been made of aluminium.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-aluminiumleader-72" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-aluminiumleader-72" rel="nofollow">[68]</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_can" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_can" rel="nofollow">aluminium can</a> was invented in 1956 and employed as a storage for drinks in 1958.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov2007135-78" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov2007135-78" rel="nofollow">[74]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So... earlier than I thought.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 435046, member: 56"]From Wikipedia: Prices of aluminium dropped and aluminium became widely used in jewelry, everyday items, eyeglass frames, optical instruments, tableware, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_foil']foil[/URL] in the 1890s and early 20th century. Aluminium's ability to form hard yet light alloys with other metals provided the metal many uses at the time.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov200764–69-73'][69][/URL] During [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I']World War I[/URL], major governments demanded large shipments of aluminium for light strong airframes.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-74'][70][/URL] By the mid-20th century, aluminium had become a part of everyday life and an essential component of housewares.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov200769–70-75'][71][/URL] During the mid-20th century, aluminium emerged as a civil engineering material, with building applications in both basic construction and interior finish work,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov2007165–166-76'][72][/URL] and increasingly being used in military engineering, for both airplanes and land armor vehicle engines.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov200785-77'][73][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1']Earth's first artificial satellite[/URL], launched in 1957, consisted of two separate aluminium semi-spheres joined together and all subsequent space vehicles have been made of aluminium.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-aluminiumleader-72'][68][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_can']aluminium can[/URL] was invented in 1956 and employed as a storage for drinks in 1958.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrozdov2007135-78'][74][/URL] So... earlier than I thought. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium[/URL][/QUOTE]
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