484  Romance  of  Chemical  Elements.    {Am-  J°ur-  Pharm- 
July,  19 18. 
Table  3. —  Continued. 
Name. 
Sym- 
bol. 
Num- 
ber. 
Etymology. 
In  Allusion,  in 
Honor  of 
Lanthanum  .... 
La 
57 
Gr.  lanthanon  =  concealed 
Obscurity 
Lead  
Pb 
82 
Doubtful 
Lithium 
Li 
3 
Gr.  lithos  =  stone 
Occurrence 
Lutecium  
Lu 
72 
Lat.  Lutetia  =  Paris 
City  of  Paris 
Magnesium .... 
Mg 
12 
Magnesite,  from  city  of  Magnesia 
Occurrence 
Manganese  .... 
Mn 
25 
Gr.  manganidso  =  purify 
Use  in  glass 
manufacturing 
Mercury  
Hg 
80 
Lat.  Mercurius  =  messenger  god 
Molybdenum  .  .  . 
Mo 
42 
Gr.  mplybdaina  =  lead  oxide 
Natrium  .  .  . 
Na 
11 
Hebr.  nether  =  carbonate  of  soda 
Neodymium  .... 
Nd 
60 
Ger.  neon  =  new,  didymos  =  twins 
New-didymium 
Neon  
Ne 
10 
Gr.  neon  =  new 
The  new  gas 
Nickel  
Ni 
28 
Old  German  nickel  =  devil 
(See  text) 
Niobium  
Cb 
41 
From  Gr.  Niobe,  daughter  of  Tantalus 
Associated  with 
Tantalum 
Nitrogen  
N 
7 
Lat.  niter,  Gr.  gennao  =  produce 
Niter  producing 
substance 
Osmium  . .  . 
Cs 
76 
Gr.  osme  —  odor 
Smell  of  its  tet- 
roxide 
Oxygen  
O 
8 
Gr.  oxys  =  sour,  gennao  =  produce 
Acid-producing 
element 
Palladium  
Pd 
46 
From  planet  Pallas 
Phosphorus  
P 
15 
Gr.  phos  =  light,  phero  =  bring,  carry 
Light-carrying 
element 
Platinum.  .... 
Pt 
78 
Span,  platina  =  diminutive  for  silver 
"  Little  silver  " 
Plumbum  .... 
Pb 
82 
Latin  plumbum  nigrum  =  lead 
Polonium 
Po 
84 
From  Poland 
Poland 
Potassium  
K 
19 
From  potash 
Occurrence 
Praseodymium.  . 
Pr 
59 
Gr.  Prason  =  leek  green  and  didymium 
"  Green  didym  " 
Radium 
Ra 
88 
Lat.  radio  =  to  shoot  rays 
Radioactivity 
Rhodium  
Rh 
45 
Gr.  rodeos  =  rose  red 
Color    of  com- 
pounds 
Rubidium  
Rb 
37 
Lat.  rubeus  =  ruby  red 
Color  of  spectral 
line 
Ruthenium  
Ru 
44 
Lat.  Ruthenia  =  Russia 
Samarium  
Sa 
62 
From  samarskite 
Occurrence 
Scandium 
Sc 
21 
From  Scandinavia 
Scandinavia 
Selenium 
Se 
34 
Gr.  selene  —  moon 
Associated  with 
tellurium 
(earth) 
Silicon . 
Si 
14 
Lat.  silex  =  flint,  silicia 
Occurrence 
Silver  . 
Ag 
47 
Doubtful 
Sodium  
Na 
11 
From  soda 
Occurrence 
Stibium  
Sb 
51 
Gr.  stibi  =  antimony  sulfide 
Occurrence 
Stannum .... 
Sn 
50 
Lat.  stagnum,  stannum  =  tin  alloy 
Sr 
38 
From  strontianite 
Occurrence 
Sulphur  
S 
16 
Lat.  sal  =  salt,  Gr.  pyr.  =  fire 
Tantalum  
Ta 
73 
From  Tantalus  (tantalize) 
Difficult  isola- 
tion 
Tellurium  
Te 
52 
Lat.  tellus  =  earth 
Tb 
65 
From  Swedish  town  Ytterby 
Occurrence 
Tl 
81 
Gr.  thallos  =  green  twig 
Green    line  in 
spectrum 
Thorium  
Th 
90 
North  mythology:  Thor 
Thulium  
Tm 
69 
Lat.  Thule  =  Norway  or  Iceland 
Norway 
