Mendeleev’s periodic table

A table arranged so hard that the holes in it became predictions: the gaps said which elements existed and roughly what they would weigh, and they were found. Few layouts have ever carried that much inference.

A present-day printable table, collected for this entry; the original is linked above.

By
Dmitri Mendeleev · 1869
Where
Science & health · Chemistry
Form
Static image · to explore
Visual
Position, Sequence, Comparison
Data
Atomic weights and properties of the known elements