トマス・トムソン (化学者)
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↑ M. P. Crossland. Historical Studies in the Language of Chemistry (Dover, 1962). p.269. Annals of Philosophy. 1813. Vol.2. 32-52
↑ Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry in Four Volumes, 5th ed. (London, England: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817), vol. 1. page 252: "The base of silica has been usually considered as a metal, and called silicium.