Poor John Dalton thought he was revolutionizing chemistry with his element symbols, only to have Berzelius swoop in with a better system! In 1803, Dalton created circular symbols for elements in his atomic theory work, feeling super proud. Then Jöns Jacob Berzelius came along in 1813 with those one or two-letter abbreviations we all know today (H, O, Na, etc.) and BOOM—Dalton's symbols became chemistry's equivalent of Betamax tapes. Chemistry's greatest ghosting story! The scientific equivalent of spending hours on your outfit only to have someone else show up in something way cooler. 💔
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