Dmitri Mendeleev

The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that.

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It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole.

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Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs).

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The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties.

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Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.

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The elements which are the most widely diffused have small atomic weights.

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