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The «D.I. Mendeleev’s Periodic System of the Elements» Mural Near the Mendeleev Institute for Metrology in Saint Petersburg: How Metrologists Celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Scientist (2021)

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Monuments Periodic system of the elements; periodic table Science and society Science and art 20th century Russia Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich

This article is timed to the celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, declared by the UN and UNESCO in connection with the 150th anniversary of the discovery by D. I. Mendeleev of the Periodic Law of Chemical Elements (1869). The article highlights the metrological activity of Mendeleev and tells about how in the scientific metrological center, he created the Main Chamber of Weights and Measures. Now the D.I. Mendeleyev Institute for Metrology (VNIIM) preserves the memory of the life and activities of the great Russian scientist and encyclopedist. Based on the research carried out in the archives of St. Petersburg and the funds of Metrological Museum, the article for the first time details the history of the formation of the Mendeleev memorial complex on the territory of VNIIM. The contribution of the institute metrologists to the creation of such famous sights of St. Petersburg as the monument to D. I. Mendeleev (sculptor I. Ya. Ginzburg, 1932) and the mural (mosaic) «D. I. Mendeleev Periodic system of elements» (1935) on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the scientist is shown. All peripteries, related to the installation of the monument - table are described: a selection of options for the arrangement of elements, decoration, manufacturer and manufacturing techniques, coordination with various organizations, solving financing issues.

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Authors & Contributors
Gordin, Michael D.
Pulkkinen, Karoliina
Orna, Mary Virginia
Kaji, Masanori
Maar, Juergen Heinrich
Maar, Alexander
Journals
Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry
Foundations of Chemistry
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Publishers
Oxford University Press
World Scientific
St. Martin's/Trade
Hoepli
Basic Books
Harvard University
Concepts
Periodic system of the elements; periodic table
Chemistry
Chemical elements
Actinides
Mendelevium
Reference works for historians of science
People
Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich
Mills, Edmund James
Vincent, Joseph Herbert
Thomson, Joseph John
Meyer, Julius Lothar
Chicherin, Boris Nikolaevich
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Russia
United States
Portugal
Italy
Germany
Europe
Institutions
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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