 | Edward Turner - 1837 - 436 Seiten
...Berzelius has properly selected them from Latin names, as being known to all civilized nations ; and when the names of two or more elements begin with the same letter, the distinction is made by means of an additional letter. The foregoing symbols are intended to represent... | |
 | Edward Andrew Parnell - 1844 - 488 Seiten
...substance is represented by a particular symbol, which is the initial letter of its Latin name; but when the names of two or more elements begin with the same letter, the distinction is made by an additional letter in a smaller character. Thus, phosphorus being represented... | |
 | Edward Andrew Parnell - 1844 - 488 Seiten
...substance is represented by a particular symbol, which is the initial letter of its Latin name; but when the names of two or more elements begin with the same letter, the distinction is made by an additional letter in a smaller character. Thus, phosphorus being represented... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - 468 Seiten
...name of the element to which it is attached ; but as the names of several of the elements frequently begin with the same letter, it is necessary to distinguish...the second letter of the word, or some other letter which is prominently heard in its pronunciation : thus carbon, cadmium, cobalt, and cerium, all begin... | |
 | William James Rolfe - 1868 - 336 Seiten
...symbol for an element is always the first letter of its name (in some cases its Latin name), unless the names of two or more elements begin with the same letter, in which case a second letter is added to distinguish them. Thus the symbol for hydrogen is H ; for... | |
 | Charles William Eliot, Frank Humphreys Storer - 1868 - 688 Seiten
...by a symbol, which consists either of the initial letter of the Latin name of the element, or, when the names of two or more elements begin with the same letter, of the initial letter together with the first of the succeeding letters in the Latin name which is... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1869 - 702 Seiten
...by a symbol, which consists either of the initial letter of the Latin name of the element, or, when the names of two or more elements begin with the same letter, of the initial letter together with the first of the succeeding letters in the Latin name which is... | |
 | George Fownes - 1877 - 588 Seiten
...are formed of the first letters of the Latin names of the elements, a second letter being added when the names of two or more elements begin with the same letter. The names of the most important elements are distinguished by the largest and most conspicuous type... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - 1881 - 384 Seiten
...deal. In chemical notation, each element is represented by the initial letter of its Latin name. When the names of two or more elements begin with the same letter, the initial letter is followed by the first di°t motive letter of the name. Thus, C stands for carbon,... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - 1883 - 452 Seiten
...deal. In chemical notation, each element is represented by the initial letter of its Latin name. When the names of two or more elements begin with the same letter, the initial letter is followed by the first distinctive letter of the name. Thus, C stands for carbon,... | |
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English name) ; or when the names of two or more elements begin with the same letter, two letters are used as the symbol, one of which is always the first letter of the name of the element. 
