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[kleptoquark]

The history of chemistry:


Red: medieval alchemy: the seven 'planetary' metals and two of the Tria Prima -- mercury is both and salt isn't an element.

Black: Dalton's 36 elemental symbols, except for those included above

Gray: modern symbols for the remaining elements.

Thanks to Bob LeSuer, https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/1098055 for the base

Comments

[femmenietzsche]

What's with the nitrogen column having so many symbols?

Edit: I guess the beryllium column too.

[kleptoquark]

Good question! I wondered that too.

[flaksesomlys]

Neat!

[child_of_the_air]

Huh, this is a cool visualization and a cool idea.