The St Andrews Periodic Table Wallchart and its Use in Teaching

An early surviving copy of a periodic table of the elements wallchart is described and it is compared with other early versions of the periodic table. The status of chemistry teaching in St Andrews at the time and particularly the lectures of Professor Thomas Purdie are considered to show the conte...

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Main Authors: R. Alan Aitken, M. Pilar Gil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2019-12-01
Series:Substantia
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Online Access:https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/738