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Plate 5: Elements

  • 1810

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This plate exhibits various symbols devised to represent simple and compound elements; they are nearly the same as in plate 4, only extended and corrected.

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Scientific Biography
John Dalton

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Dalton, John. “Plate 5: Elements.” In A New System of Chemical Philosophy. Manchester, England: Russell & Allen, 1810. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/9g54xj32k.

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