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Danish
Etymology
Calque of German Wasserstoff, vand + stof
Noun
vandstof
- (obsolete) hydrogen
1854, Norske sivilingeniørers forening, Norway. Departementet for det indre, Teknisk ukeblad, page 227:Chemien bar godtgjort, at Vandet bestaar af do to Elementer, Vandstof og Surstof.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1905, Kringsjaa:Det som oftest plante-, stundom ogsaa dyriske dannelser, der foruden kulstof og vandstof tillige indeholder surstof og kvælstof som indtegnede bestand-dele.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1909, Naturen:De bestaar af følgende grundstoffe: kulstof, vandstof, kvælstof, svovl, jern og surstof.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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