"The work of Mendeleev has lately thrown a new light upon the relations existing between the atomic weights of the elements and their properties. The latter are a function of the atomic weight, which function is periodic. It is not limited to such and such a group of elements, but embraces all of the elementary bodies of chemistry... thus dealing with the most varied and the most profound questions of science... in a word, regard the facts of chemistry from a lofty and comprehensive point of view."
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Ad Wurtz, The Atomic Theory (1881) 3rd edition, as quoted by Peter P. Edwards, Russell G. Egdell, Dieter Fenske, Benzhen Yao, The periodic law of the chemical elements: 'The new system of atomic weights which renders evident the analogies which exist between bodies' (Aug 17, 2020) The Royal Society Publishing.
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