2. Carbon, a solid; found most nearly pure in charcoal. | | |
Carbon in the body combines with other | | |
elements to produce carbonic-acid gas, and by | | |
its burning sets heat free. Its weight is | 18 | 11 | 150
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3. Hydrogen, a gas, is a part of all bone, blood, and | | |
muscle, and weighs | 4 | 14 | 0
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4. Nitrogen, a gas, is also part of all muscle, blood, | | |
and bone; weighing | 4 | 14 | 0
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5. Phosphorus, a solid, found in brain and bones, | | |
weighs | 1 | 12 | 25
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6. Sulphur, a solid, found in all parts of the body, | | |
weighs | 0 | 8 | 0
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7. Chlorine, a gas, found in all parts of the body, | | |
weighs | 0 | 4 | 150
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8. Fluorine, supposed to be a gas, is found with calcium | | |
in teeth and bones, and weighs | 0 | 3 | 300
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9. Silicon, a solid, found united with oxygen in the | | |
hair, skin, bile, bones, blood, and saliva, weighs | 0 | 0 | 14
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10. Magnesium, a metal found in union with phosphoric | | |
acid in the bones | 0 | 2 | 250
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11. Potassium, a metal, the basis of potash, is found | | |
as phosphate and chloride; weighs | 0 | 3 | 340
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12. Sodium, a metal, basis of soda; weighs | 0 | 3 | 217