The Textbook Case of a Priority Dispute: D. I. Mendeleev, Lothar Meyer, and the Periodic System

Gordin, Michael D.

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“…Finally, another symptom of multiple discovery is the frequent occurrence of bitter priority disputes, precisely as witnessed in the case of Lothar Meyer and Mendeleev over many years [18,19] (figure 6).…”

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The discovery of the periodic table as a case of simultaneous discovery

Scerri

2015

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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The article examines the question of priority and simultaneous discovery in the context of the discovery of the periodic system. It is argued that rather than being anomalous, simultaneous discovery is the rule. Moreover, I argue that the discovery of the periodic system by at least six authors in over a period of 7 years represents one of the best examples of a multiple discovery. This notion is supported by a new view of the evolutionary development of science through a mechanism that is dubbed Sci-Gaia by analogy with Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis.

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The discovery of the periodic table as a case of simultaneous discovery

Scerri

2015

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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“…Es wurde der Schlüssel zur Klassifikation, wie sie Meyer und Mendelejew für die Elemente entwickelten. 4) Außerdem führte der Ansatz, minimale Gewichte unter den Verbindungen mit gemeinsamen Elementen zu bestimmen, zu Werten für Atomgewichte. Diese wiederum, erwiesen sich als zentrale Größen, um Elemente zu ordnen.…”

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Das periodische System und die Evolution des chemischen Raums

Restrepo¹

2020

Nachr Chem

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“…Woody illustrates such theoretical practices with the example of chemistry's periodic law. The periodic law provides a compelling case, because several chemists issued different periodic systems and also emphasised different uses of the systems (see Gordin 2012). Exploring the various ways in which the chemists represented periodicity and then used those representations gives an insight to chemists' different theoretical practices.…”

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How Mendeleev issued his predictions: comment on Andrea Woody

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Pulkkinen

2020

Found Chem

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Much has been said about the accuracy of the famous predictions of the Russian chemist Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev, but far less has been written on how he made his predictions.Here we offer an explanation on how Mendeleev used his periodic system to predict both physical and chemical properties of little-known and entirely unknown chemical elements. We argue that there seems to be compelling evidence in favour of Mendeleev genuinely relying on his periodic system in the course of issuing his predictions-a point recently contested by Woody (in: Soler, Zwart, Lynch, Israel-Jost (eds) Science after the practice turn in the philosophy, history, and social studies of science, Routledge, Abington, 2014). In particular, by using the known properties of a number of near neighbours of the three entirely unknown elements (the so-called eka-elements), we seek to show how the very format of his table enabled it to function as a powerful tool for Mendeleev in arriving at his predicted values. We suggest that Mendeleev's use of the periodic system in making his prediction gives an illuminative example of what Woody calls "theoretical practices" in science.

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The Textbook Case of a Priority Dispute: D. I. Mendeleev, Lothar Meyer, and the Periodic System

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

The discovery of the periodic table as a case of simultaneous discovery

The discovery of the periodic table as a case of simultaneous discovery

Das periodische System und die Evolution des chemischen Raums

How Mendeleev issued his predictions: comment on Andrea Woody

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