The biography of a periodic spiral: From chemistry magazine, via industry, to a foucault pendulum

Benfey, Otto Theodor

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Title

The biography of a periodic spiral: From chemistry magazine, via industry, to a foucault pendulum

Author(s)

Benfey, Otto Theodor

Issue Date

2009-09-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• Periodic system element
• Spiral table

Abstract

An account of the development of periodic spiral table of elements. The spiral table in the student magazine Chem. was introduced in 1964 to emphasize the complex yet beautiful periodicity in the properties of the chem. elements. It was modified as new elements were discovered or predicted. The table began appearing in textbooks and was included in a history of chem. Franklin Hyde, creator of silicones, modified it to emphasize the central significance of carbon and silicon. It found its way to a Max Planck Institute in Germany under the swings of a Foucault pendulum.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

ISSN

1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127754

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2009v034p141

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Copyright 2009 Division of the History of Chemistry

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