THE PERIODIC LAW

MENDELEEV, DIMITRI IVANOVITCH. (MENDELEYEV MENDELEV MENDELEJEFF).

Grundlagen der Chemie. Aus dem Russischen übersetz von L. Jawein und A. Thillot.

St. Petersburg, Carl Ricker, 1891. Royal8vo. Contemporary half calf with spine lettering. (2),1126,(1) pp. and 3 tables (1 folded). A fine fresh copy.

First german edition: Dibner 48 - The Periodic Law.

Mendeleev's milestone text book 'The Principles of Chemistry' first published in Russian 1869. In this work Mendeleev first published his great discovery that the elements exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties when arranged by their atomic mass.

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