yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

金石識別 Jīnshí Shíbié, 1871

D. J. MacGowan (瑪高溫) & Huà Héngfāng (華蘅芳)

A translation of Dana’s Manual of Mineralogy. Its atomic-weight table renders names as multi-character transliterations: 素地恩 sodium, 夕里西恩 silicium.

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