Halogens, or SALT-PRODUCERS (Gr. hals, 'salt'), are a well-characterised group of non-metallic elements—chlorine, bromine, iodine, and fluorine—which form with metals compounds analogous to sea-salt. For haloid salts, see SALT.
Halogens
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 524
Source scan(s): p. 0539