ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS OF PERIODIC SYSTEM OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS by Oleg V. Mikhailov

“…The versions concerned are the so-called «short-form" table proposed by Dmitri Mendeleev and «long-periodic table » proposed by A. …”
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Victorian Arts and the Challenge of Modernity: Analogy, the Grid, and Chemical Transformations by Francesca Orestano

“…The grid provides the structure to the Crystal Palace housing the Great Exhibition in 1851, and the grid is the structure presiding over modern chemistry, owing to the tabular arrangement of chemical elements envisaged by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev and first published in 1869. Such grids suggest that the epistemic width invoked by the avant-garde artists—its wide connective capability, its conceptual emphasis on analogy among a variety of different experiences—can be traced back to the Victorian and Edwardian age.…”
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