Air, Earth, Fire and Water

The gNova icon above incorporates the four ancient symbols for Air, Earth, Fire and Water.

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A brief history of symbols for alum
Alchemical Symbol 19th Century Symbols
of John Dalton		 Modern representations

O S K Al

Empirical formula
KAl(SO4)2

 

SMILES
[K+].[Al+3]
.S(=O)(=O)([O-])[O-]
.S(=O)(=O)([O-])[O-]
The molecular representations of Dalton are remarkable in their foresight of molecular geometries, if not quite stoichiometrically accurate. Then, as now, the term alum is used for a number of different, but related chemical compounds.