Osnovy khimii

H. Neunhoeffer and M. Bachmann, Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1263 (1985). A. F. Pozharskii, Teoretischeskije Osnovy Khimii Geterotsiklov. ... 

MI3 J. Joule and G. Smith, Osnovy khimii geterotsiklicheskikh soedinenii ... 

A. F. Pozharskii, Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimii Geterotsiklov. Khimiya, Moscow, 1985. 

D.I. Mendeleev, Osnovy Khimii (Principles of Chemistry), Tovarishchestva Obshchestvennaia Pol za for the Author, St. Petersburg, 1869. am grateful to Drs. Gregory S. Girolami and Vera V. Mainz for permission to use this image, and for helpful discussions. 

FIGURE 1.2 The first rationalization of the Periodic Table jointly published by Mendeleev in 1969 in the German Journal of Chemsitry (Zeitschrift fuer Chemie)— the second slide from left to right side, as well as in his Russian textbook on Principles of Chemistry (Osnovy Khimii)—in the second shde from right side (Mendeleev, 1869a,b). 

Mendeleev, D. I. Osnovy Khimii. 2 vols. 1st ed. St. Petersburg Obshchestvennaia pol za, 1868-1871. English translation by Trifonov, D. N. Views of D. I. Mendeleev on Rare Earths. In Rare-Earth Elements and Their Position in the Periodic System. New Delhi Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre, 1970. Emphasis in original. 

Mendeleev D (1869-1871) Osnovy Khimii (Foundations of chemistry) (in Russian). St. Petersburg Tipogr. tovarishchestva Obshchestvaimaja Polza, 5 parts in 2 volumes, 1st Edn. English transl (Principles of chemistry). Longmans, London 1891, 1897, 1905... 

In undertaking to prepare a textbook called Osnovy khimii [The Principles of Chemistry], I wished to establish some sort of system of simple bodies in which their distribution is not guided by chance, as might be thought instinctively, but by some sort of definite and exact principle. ... 

The case of the Russian response to the periodic system was different from other cases, because of the presence of Mendeleev. He not only discovered the periodic law, but also within two years showed its possible consequences, firmly grounding his conclusions on his concept of elements. As the main figure of the newly founded Russian Chemical Society, he succeeded in persuading most of the leading chemists in Russia of the validity of the periodic law by 1871. His famous chemistry textbook Osnovy khimii (The Principles of Chemistry), which continued to be revised for the rest of his life, including translations into the major European languages, played a significant role in the dissemination of the periodic system. 

In contrast to this, Mendeleev clarified his priority in the fifth edition of Osnovy khimii, which was translated into several languages. It is unclear whether Meyer s lecture in 1893 and the publication of the most important papers on the periodic system in 1895 and 1896 can be characterized as an answer to Mendeleev s efforts concerning priority. 

This request was a consequence of Brauner s expression of displeasure in the article published with Watts regarding the unfamiliarity with Mendeleev s Osnovy khimii (Principles of Chemistry) in the West. 

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