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Anonymous Sat Apr 29 07:08:59 2023 No.15402856 [Reply] [Original]

scientists be like: lets call mercury as hg

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 29 07:45:24 2023 No.15402899 File: 79 KB, 820x860, 74.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] wungsten??? rofl

>>	Strange Love Sat Apr 29 07:58:26 2023 No.15402918 File: 174 KB, 1920x810, severe_disdain_for_plebs.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15402899 Es heißt WOLFRAM verdammt nochmal!!

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 29 08:16:28 2023 No.15402945 >>15402856 You mean alchemists ? Associating elements with planets was a dumb idea, it should still be called hydrargyrum.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 29 08:17:42 2023 No.15402948 >>15402945 It should have been called Quicksilver with the atomic symbol Qs.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 29 08:22:23 2023 No.15402960 >>15402856 >>15402945 >>15402948 Mercury is known for long enough that languages have a word for it. Hg is from Latin/Greek. >>15402899 Most languages call it "Wolfram", as it was originally named.