magnesium
The origin and history of magnesium.
Etymology
From New Latin magnesium, based on Greek Magnēsía, a region in Thessaly; coined by the chemist Humphry Davy, who first isolated it.
The origin and history of magnesium.
From New Latin magnesium, based on Greek Magnēsía, a region in Thessaly; coined by the chemist Humphry Davy, who first isolated it.
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