Re: Periodic Table in conlang

On 23 Dec 01, at 17:50, Padraic Brown wrote:

> A while back, discussion led to element names and the PT in our
> conlangs.
Having a PT kind of presupposes a certain advancement in the field of
chemistry.

In my favourite conlang, Verdurian, Rosenfelder had a look at what
chemical things Earth's scientists would be likely to know -- what
elements they had identified, what they wrongly considered to be
elements but were actually compounds, what regular system alchemists
used to name things (e.g. 'calx' for oxides created in a certain way).
The results are at http://www.zompist.com/chemical.htm and
http://www.zompist.com/versci.htm .

When/if I have time, I'll draw up which elements were known, in order
of atomic number. It won't be a complete atomic table, by any means.

Cheers,
Philip
--
Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>

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