Definition of motor for English Language Learners : of, relating to, used in, or involving a vehicle that is powered by a motor (such as a car or motorcycle) : having a motor
Ancient Greeks and Romans used aluminum salts for dressing wounds. However, aluminum metal was not isolated until the 19th century. Danish chemist Hans Christian Ãrsted first produced aluminum in 1825 by reacting aluminum chloride with potassium amalgam. Therefore, Ãrsted is considered to be the discoverer of Aluminum.
However it was only much later that it was recognized as an element by Henry Cavendish (1731-1810; an English chemist and physicist who also independently discovered nitrogen) in 1766 when he collected it over mercury and described it as inflammable air from metals.