I found a dictionary which does say oxygen is "the most abundant element".
It's the Gage Canadian dictionary. I have it right here too. I'm not sure
what they mean by that. None of my other dictionaries make that claim.

One dictionary says oxygen is only 21% of the atmoshpere. Of course oxygen
occurs in other forms, as an element in water, for example.

"Michael Daly" ) writes:
On 27-Aug-2003, (William R. Watt) wrote:

I think you mean "atmosphere", not "universe". I'd check that dictionary
definitions again.

I've got the dictionary right here. You don't. Why do you assume _I'm_ wrong?
It says nothing about atmosphere. Even if it did, it'd still be wrong.

I'm getting the impression Mike is typing without thinking.

You post without knowing. Get a clue.

Mike


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On 27-Aug-2003, (William R. Watt) wrote:

I found a dictionary which does say oxygen is "the most abundant element".
It's the Gage Canadian dictionary. I have it right here too. I'm not sure
what they mean by that. None of my other dictionaries make that claim.

One dictionary says oxygen is only 21% of the atmoshpere. Of course oxygen
occurs in other forms, as an element in water, for example.

So you proved yourself wrong. Instead of trying to dump on me - try looking up
your facts _before_ posting.

Mike

snip wild discussion about chemistry and cosmology

Please tell me you guys *aren't* arguing about which element is most
prevalent in the universe, on RBP, in a thread that originally concerned the
use of sponsons?!?!

Maybe this is worth posting to sci.chem? :-)