Lab Equipment! 

Wow! Look at this ancient diagram of the old science lab equipment as drawn on the diagram! They seem to be ordered in some kind... What message is it trying to convey? 

Here is the code each image is assigned: 1. 1s2 2. 4s2 3. 8s2 4. 2s2 5. 4p5 6. 2p6 7. 4d10 8. 3s2 9. 5s2 10. 6d9 11: 6p7 12. 3p5

Here is what each instrument is named as since the image is too blurry: microscope, apparatus (turns water of condensation to generators), apparatus for equipment elevation, Mechanical stage for microscopes, filtering apparatus, chemical apparatus, gas burner, petri dish, test tube, glass reducing piece, balance weighing scale, test tube for bacteriological labs. 

What are the equipment used to "make" proton 17?