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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doaj-9e99d185199f408b99bbb379b5c9b2232020-11-25T01:49:59ZengFirenze University PressSubstantia2532-39972019-12-013210.13128/Substantia-738The St Andrews Periodic Table Wallchart and its Use in TeachingR. Alan Aitken0M. Pilar Gil1EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, UKUniversity of St Andrews, Library Annexe, UK 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 context in which this periodic table would have been used and gain some appreciation of it pedagogical importance. https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/738Periodic table wallchartsThomas Purdieteaching tools |
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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 context in which this periodic table would have been used and gain some appreciation of it pedagogical importance.
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