...It is also called titanium. In 1789, the British Gregor W. Gregor (1761-1817) hypothesized the presence of a new metal in iron sand (ilmenite) from Menachan in Cornwall and named it menachin. In 1794, the German MH Klaproth discovered a new element in rutile, which he named titanium after the giant Titan in Greek mythology. In 1897, he demonstrated that it was the same as menachin, and in recognition of Gregor's priority, the element was subsequently called titanium. *Some of the terminology that mentions "Gregor, W." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…チタニウムともいう。イギリスのグレゴールW.Gregor(1761‐1817)は1789年に,コーンウォール地方のメナカンMenachan産の砂鉄(チタン鉄鉱)中に新金属の存在を推定しメナチンmenachinと命名した。またドイツのM.H.クラプロートは94年にルチルから新元素を見いだし,ギリシア神話の巨人族ティタンにちなんでチタンと命名,97年にはメナチンと同じものであることを明らかにし,グレゴールのプライオリティを認めて,以後この元素がチタンと呼ばれるようになった。… ※「Gregor,W.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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