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Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner Biography and Timeline

Follow Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner through 2 dated historical records for Germany.

Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
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1817–1829Years on this page

1817

Early Element Triads

Chemist · Jena · Science / Chemistry

Identifies groups of three chemically similar elements whose atomic weights show numerical relationships, providing an early indication of periodic behaviour.

1829

Law of Triads

Chemist · Jena · Science / Chemistry

Publishes a more developed account of elemental triads and shows that the middle member often has an atomic weight close to the average of the other two.

Records, sources and methodology

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