strange symbol an headstone

[tonybloke]

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=7413&stc=1&d=1349885810
anyone care to translate?

 

[fatshark]

It's naphthalene ...

Naphthalene is a white crystalline solid, derived from coal tar, with a characteristic odor of mothballs — which is not a coincidence, since naphthalene is frequently used in mothballs. Naphthalene consists of two benzene rings that are fused together; the resulting molecule is still aromatic, and undergoes the reactions that are typical of benzene itself.

A quick Google suggests Peter Sims worked in London in the Chester Beatty Labs in the early '60s on metabolism of polycyclic compounds, including derivatives of naphthalene.

 

[tonybloke]

cheers mate, I thought it was perchance benzene, or some other PAH, glad to know that his family had a sense of humour!