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Re: CHAT: German elements (was: Re: Basic English)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 14, 1999, 14:54
"Grandsire, C.A." wrote:

> I already knew that Germans used self-made > words for the elements and all other things of Atomic Physics and > Quantum Mechanics (like Wasserstoef for Hydrogen, if I remember > correctly).
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