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Russian chemist known for his development of the periodic table of elements. Dmitri Mendeleev was born on February 8, 1834, and died on February 2, 1907. His research and classification of chemical elements had a profound impact on the development of the chemical sciences.

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“The elements which are the most widely diffused have small atomic weights.”

Elements Weight

Book:Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869 - 1905

Source: Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869 - 1905

“I have achieved an inner freedom.”

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“If all the elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights, a periodic repetition of properties is obtained. This is expressed by the law of periodicity.”

Ifs Law Science Order Elements Weight Property Repetition Periodicity

Book:Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869 - 1905

Source: Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869 - 1905

“Knowing how contented, free, and joyful is life in the world of science, one fervently wishes that many would enter its portals.”

World Wish Knowing Joyful Portal

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why are there so many frauds and so much nonsense?”

Hate Nonsense Fraud Quarrels

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.”

Looks Work Quiet Calm

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“The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character of a compound body.”

Character Body Elements Weight Determine Compounds Magnitude Molecules

Book:Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869 - 1905

Source: Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869 - 1905

“The edifice of science not only requires material, but also a plan. Without the material, the plan alone is but a castle in the air-a mere possibility; whilst the material without a plan is but useless matter.”

Matter Science Plans Air Possibility Materials Accounts Mere Useless Castles Edifice Castles In The Air

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why are there so many frauds and so much nonsense? I cannot soon give a solution to these questions ... It was clear that in the United States there was a development not of the best, but of the middle and worst sides of European civilization; the notorious general voting, the tendency to politics... all the same as in Europe. A new dawn is not to be seen on this side of the ocean.”

“There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.”

World This World

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole.”

Men Whole Political Order Universe Social Causes Existence Equal Function Relation Reign Governing

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“Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs).”

Values Elements Weight Increase Regard Property Chemicals Irs

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“Work, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.”

Looks Long Joy Pleasure Mark Calm Lasting Long Lasting

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“No one nor anything can silence me.”

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“The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that.”

Believe Humans Spirit Possibility Planets Tables Inquiry

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“Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.”

Certain Elements Weight Property Characteristics

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“There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.”

Determined Mediums Equilibrium

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“I have to talk like this! It`s my job”

Jobs Intriguing

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“The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties.”

Ifs Elements Weight Property Exhibits Periodicity

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.”

Has Beens Law Recognition Laws Of Nature

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“We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75.”

Would Be Example Elements Discovery Weight Silicon Aluminum

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper.”

Dream Saws Pieces Elements Paper Tables Awakening

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment.”

Firsts Doe Has Beens Form Law Results Experiments Significance Establishment

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

“When the elements are arranged in vertical columns according to increasing atomic weight, so that the horizontal lines contain analogous elements again according to increasing atomic weight, an arrangement results from which several general conclusions may be drawn.”

May Science Lines Results Elements Weight Conclusion Arrangements Columns Vertical Horizontal Horizontal Lines

Author:Dmitri Mendeleev

About the Author

Born: February 8, 1834
Died: February 2, 1907
Known for: Chemist
Quotes: 24

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