tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417356156785890447.post2782470671978049138..comments2023-06-18T08:20:42.617-04:00Comments on The Art of <br> American Book Covers: A Fabulous BallMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847356386230123228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417356156785890447.post-620700967426887702012-05-07T09:37:59.763-04:002012-05-07T09:37:59.763-04:00Thanks, Jeff. I didn't know Mellon was involv...Thanks, Jeff. I didn't know Mellon was involved in the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, which later became Alcoa. My understanding is that it was founded in 1888 by Charles Martin Hall, the American chemist who discovered the process in 1886, with financier Alfred E. Hunt. Hall was awarded a US Patent for his process in 1889. <br /><br />http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/OYTT-images/Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17847356386230123228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417356156785890447.post-5205830590508462002012-05-07T08:36:24.163-04:002012-05-07T08:36:24.163-04:00It would be interesting to find out what the metal...It would be interesting to find out what the metal was. I've been reading a bit about aluminum in the nineteenth century. It plummeted in price from over $500 a pound in the mid nineteenth century to $2.00 a pound at the end. In 1884, an once of aluminum cost $1, the same as an average day laborer's salary. Somewhat coincidently, it was Andrew Mellon (the Mellon foundation well know Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com