Robert Boyle, “The Sceptical Chymist”, 1661 was the first significant chemical book; and, was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Antoine Lavoisier, “The Elements of Chemistry”, 1789 was the second significant chemical book; and, was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Dmitri Mendeleev (1834 – 1907) Дмитрий Менделеев, “Principles of Chemistry”, 1868 which was the most significant chemical book.
Nine prehistoric chemical elements are listed BELOW by atomic number:
6 carbon C,
16 sulfur S,
26 iron Fe,
29 copper Cu,
47 silver Ag,
50 tin Sn,
79 gold Au,
80 mercury Hg,
82 lead Pb.
Here I presented: Dmitri Mendeleev (1834 – 1907) Дмитрий Менделеев, “Principles of Chemistry”, 1868 which was the most significant chemical book.
SUMMARY.
The mystery of matter is solved in the puzzling arrangement of the periodicity of the Dmitri Mendeleev table in 1868. Original version from the 1868 text BELOW. This discovery began in prehistory with the nine elements listed ABOVE.
Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861-1944) প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় ,”Life and Experiences of a Bengali Chemist”, 1932 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
