Science Symbols - Dalton's Table of Elements
This table of elements was originally published in Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society in 1805 by John Dalton (1766 - 1844). Dalton, a science teacher from Manchester, England, proposed the existence of atoms and that each element had their own individual weight.
Atomic Symbol | Element Name | Atomic Weight |
 | Hydrogen | 1 |
 | Azote | 5 |
 | Carbon | 5.4 |
 | Oxygen | 7 |
 | Phosphorus | 9 |
 | Sulphur | 13 |
 | Magnesia | 20 |
 | Lime | 24 |
 | Soda | 28 |
 | Potash | 42 |
 | Strontian | 46 |
 | Baryies | 68 |
 | Iron | 50 |
 | Zinc | 56 |
 | Copper | 56 |
 | Lead | 90 |
 | Silver | 190 |
 | Gold | 190 |
 | Platina | 190 |
 | Mercury | 167 |
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