The chemistry world's original ghosting story! John Dalton proposed element symbols based on English names (like O for Oxygen, H for Hydrogen) in 1803, feeling pretty smug about his brilliant system. Then Berzelius swooped in with those Latin-based symbols we use today (Fe for Ferrum/Iron, Na for Natrium/Sodium), and Dalton's contribution got completely sidelined. Talk about a scientific rejection that still stings two centuries later! Poor guy probably muttered "I created atomic theory too, you know" at parties for the rest of his life.
The Original Scientific Ghosting Story
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