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First Published Periodic System

Russia · Science / Chemistry. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1869

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev6 March 1869

Saint Petersburg · Science / Chemistry

Presents the periodic system to the Russian Chemical Society and arranges elements so that chemical properties recur systematically with atomic weight.

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Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev

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