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(Important Note: I have only uploaded the glyphs I
have used in practice sentences and sample constructions. Therefore, not every
glyph indicated on these "source" pages is available on my website at
the moment. Instead, you'll probably see a lot of these little guys,
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In the early days of modern chemistry, some scientists tried to devise a system of symbols with which to illustrate formulas, the best-known being by John Dalton. Eventually, however, the scientific world decided that it would be a whole lot easier to just abbreviate chemical terms (H2O) instead of annoying typesetters with all sorts of esoteric symbols.
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Aluminum |
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Ammonia |
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Barium |
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Beryllium |
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Calcium |
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Carbon |
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Carbonic Acid |
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Carbonic Oxide |
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Copper |
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Hydrogen |
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Nitrogen |
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Oxygen |
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Phosphorus |
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Potash |
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Silicon |
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Soda |
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Sulfur |
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I haven't yet been able to find a complete chart of botanical symbols, nor have I actually seen them in use anywhere, but it appears that at some point in history, botanists applied planetary symbols to their own field of studies. Here's what I've been able to scrounge from symbolism books.
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male | Mars |
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female | Venus |
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double-sexed (botany); virgin (entymology) | Mercury |
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annual | Sun |
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perennial | (-) |
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perennial | Jupiter |
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shrub, bush | Saturn |
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weed | Ceres |
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pernicious | (-) |
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poisonous | (-) |
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deadly | (-) |
Last updated December 2003
Copyright © 2003 Matthew White
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