[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v2.c34.165 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.165 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.165 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.165) The mass units contained in the Earth-atoms of the different possible Earth-substances would form the series in A. P., 5α₁ + 4α₂ + 3α₃ + 2α₄ + α₅, 5α₁ + 4α₂ + 3α₃ + 2α₄ + α₅ + 1, . . . . . 5β₁ + 4β₂ + 3β₃ + 2β₄ + β₅, there being 5(β₁ - α₁) + 4(β₂ - α₂) + 3(β₃ - α₃) + 2(β₄ - α₄) + (β₅ - α₅) + 1 Earth-substances possible. - [Previous: v2.c34.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.164) - [Next: v2.c34.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.166) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c34.165) · Pramāṇa