Who invinted symbols for stuff like water and air?

Question

Who invinted symbols for stuff like water and air?

Answer 1

Huh?  I didn't know there was a symbol for air.  If you are asking about the symbols for the elements of the periodic table, the answer could be several different scientists.

The first to use any kind of symbol for an element was Dalton in 1808.  He was followed by Berzelius in 1813.  He was the first to use the form of symbols that we use today.  Next there were seven men who presented proposals of arrangements of the elements in a table.  Then Mendeleev presented  his arrangement in 1869.  As a result of the work of Henry Moseley in 1913, the periodic table was revised.

If you are asking about the symbols in the periodic table, then Berzelius is your guy.

Answer 2

The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular method of displaying the chemical elements. Although precursors to this table exist, its invention is generally credited to Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869.

Answer 3

Do you mean alchemy symbols? Don't know.

Answer 4

Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich (mendulā'uf, Rus. dumē'trē ēvä'nuvich myindyilyā'uf) [key], 1834–1907, Russian chemist. He is famous for his formulation (1869) of the periodic law and the invention of the periodic table, a classification of the elements; with Lothar Meyer, who had independently reached similar conclusions, he was awarded the Davy medal in 1882. From his remarkable table Mendeleev predicted the properties of elements then unknown; three of these (gallium, scandium, and germanium) were later discovered. He studied also the nature of solutions and the expansion of liquids. An outstanding teacher, he was professor at the Univ. of St. Petersburg (1868–90). He directed the bureau of weights and measures from 1893 and served as government adviser on the development of the petroleum industry. His Principles of Chemistry (2 vol., 1868–71; tr. 1905) was long a standard text. Various transliterations of his surname are common, among them Mendeleyev and Mendelejeff.