'• }    Romance  of  Chemical  Elements.  483 
Table  III. 
Etymology  of  the  Chemical  Elements. 
ame. 
Sym- 
bol. 
Num- 
ber. 
Etymology. 
In  Allusion,  in 
Honor  of 
Actinium   
Ac 
89 
Lat.  activus  =  active 
Radioactivity 
Aluminum  
Al 
13 
From  alumen 
Alum 
Sb 
51 
Doubtful 
Ag 
47 
Gr.  argyros  =  silver,  argos=  white 
Its  luster 
A 
18 
Gr.  argon  =  lazy,  inert 
Its  inertness 
Arsenic  
As 
33 
Gr.  arsenikon,  from  arsen  =  male 
Its  use  as  paint 
Aurum  
Au 
79 
Hebr.  awr  =  light  fire,  Lat.  aurora 
Its  luster 
Ba 
56 
Gr.  barys  =  heavy 
Its  weight 
Be 
4 
Gr.  beryllos=a  green  gem:  beryl 
Occurrence 
Bi 
83 
Arab,  wiss  majat  =  easily  melting  metal 
Fusibility 
Boron  
B 
5 
From  borax 
Occurrence 
Bv 
91 
Lat.  bre vis  =  short 
Short  life 
Br 
35 
Gr.  bromos  =  stench 
Odor 
Cadmium  
Cd 
48 
Gr.  kadmia  =  calamine 
Occurrence 
Caesium  
Cs 
55 
Lat.  caesius=sky  blue 
Blue  line  in  spec- 
trum 
Ca 
20 
Lat.  calix,  Gr.  chalix  =  lime 
Occurrence 
Carbon  
C 
6 
Lat.  carbo  =  coal 
Occurrence 
Cerium  
Ce 
58 
Lat.  Ceres  =  goddess  of  agriculture 
New  discovered 
planet 
CI 
17 
Gr.  chloros  =  yellowish  green 
Color  of  gas 
Chromium  
Cr 
24 
Gr.  chromos  =  color 
Various  colors  of 
compounds 
Cobalt  
Co 
27 
Germ.  kobold=  goblin 
(See  text) 
Columbium  .... 
Cb 
4i 
Columbia  =Amercia,  columbite 
Occurrence 
Copper  
Cu 
29 
Gr.  Kyprics  =  Cyprus,  Lat.  cuprum 
Occurrence 
Denebium  
De 
69 
From  the  star  Deneb  (in  the  swan) 
(Didymium)  .... 
Gr.  didymos  =  twins  (see  Nd  and  Pr) 
Dubhium  
Db 
70 
From  the  star  Dubha  (Great  Bear) 
Dysprosium  .... 
Dy 
66 
Gr.  dysporos  =  difficult 
Difficult  separa- 
tion 
Erbium  
Er 
68 
Swedish  town  Ytterby 
Occurrence 
Eu 
63 
Europe 
Europe 
Fe 
26 
Lat.  ferrum 
Fluorine  
Fl 
9 
Fluorspar 
Occurrence 
Gd 
64 
Gadolinite 
Occurrence 
Gallium  
Ga 
3i 
Lat.  Gallia  =  France 
France 
Germanium  .... 
Ge 
32 
Lat.  Germania  =  Germany 
Germany 
Be 
4 
Gr.  glyccs  =  sweet 
Taste  of  compds. 
Gold  
Au 
79 
Doubtful 
He 
2 
Lat.  helios=sun 
Discovery  in  sun 
chromosphere 
Holmium  
Ho 
67 
Swedish  geologist  G.  Holm 
Hydrargyrum .  .  . 
Hg 
80 
Gr.  hydrargyros  =  water  and  silver 
"Molten  silver" 
Hydrogen  
H 
1 
Gr.  hydros  =  water,  gennao  =  produce 
"Water-produc- 
ing substance" 
In 
49 
Lat.  indicum  =  indigo 
Color  of  spectral 
line 
Iodine  
I 
53 
Gr.  iodes  =  violet  color 
Color  of  vapor 
Iridium  
Ir 
77 
Gr.  Iris  =  rainbow 
Color  of  salt  so- 
lutions 
Iron  
Fe 
26 
Old  high  German  isarn  =  iron 
Kalium  
K 
19 
Arab,  kali  =  ash  (potash) 
Occurrence 
Krypton  
Kr 
36 
Gr.  krypton  =  hidden,  secret 
Obscurity 
