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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