On a cold, snowy morning in February 1869, Professor Dmitri Mendeleyev was preparing to make a 300-mile journey from his home in St. Petersburg to a gathering of cheese makers. While the distinguished ...
At first glance, the system of chemical elements published by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869 bears little resemblance to the modern periodic table. But by listing elements in columns, and lining up the ...
How is the table organized? The Periodic Table, first compiled by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev, is organized by the number of protons in the nucleus of each element's atom, known as the atomic ...