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I suppose when my unknown elements are found, more people will pay us attention.

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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 atomic weight, an arrangement results from which several general conclusions may be drawn.

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I wish to establish some sort of system not guided by chance but by some sort of definite and exact principle.

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We should still expect to discover many unknown simple bodies; for example, those similar to aluminum and silicon, elements with atomic weights of 65 to 75.

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Dmitri Mendeleev

Dmitri Mendeleev
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Born: February 8, 1834
Died: February 2, 1907 (aged 72)
Bio: Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, also romanized Mendeleyev or Mendeleef, was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements. Using the table, he predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered.
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  1. The Principles of Chemistry (1891)

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