Dmitri Mendeleev Quotes
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The edifice of science not only requires material, but also a plan. Without the material, the plan alone is but a castle in the air-a…
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Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why…
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There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.
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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…
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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…
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Work, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work leaves…
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No one nor anything can silence me.
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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…
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Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.
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There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.
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I have to talk like this! It`s my job
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The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties.
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No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.
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We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65…
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I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece…
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The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised,…
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The elements which are the most widely diffused have small atomic weights.
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I have achieved an inner freedom.
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When the elements are arranged in vertical columns according to increasing atomic weight, so that the horizontal lines contain analogous elements again according to increasing…
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If all the elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights, a periodic repetition of properties is obtained. This is expressed by the…
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