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Atomic Number Ordering

Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1913

Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley1913

Oxford · Science / Physics

Shows that elements should be ordered by atomic number rather than atomic weight, providing the physical basis of the modern periodic table.

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Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley

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