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Walker, Jearl – Scientific American, 1986
Relates how Charles Martin Hall discovered the method of making pure aluminum metal in 1886. Retraces the events and steps that led to the process of aluminum purification. Includes diagrams of the apparatus used in the investigations. (ML)
Descriptors: Inventions, Metals, Physical Sciences, Problem Solving
