The History of the Periodic Table...Chemistry Blog

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Belle James
March 21, 2019
Chemistry Blog


The History of the Periodic Table

In 440 BC, Democritus and Leucippus propose The Atom, something that makes up ALL matter. Because of their discovery, they became known as "Atomists", one who studies atoms. Many people credit just Leucippus for the discovery of both atoms and void, but Democritus deeply expanded the knowledge on the two topics. Because of Democritus and Leucippus, we now have the basic foundation for the Periodic Table. 110 years later, in 330 BC, there was a man named Aristotle. Aristotle was a Greek Philosopher and Scientist who, because of all of his discoveries, garnered the name, "Father of Western Philosophy".

He was not only an outstanding thinker, but also an inovator and inventor. He was the individual who proposes the four elemental theory: Earth, Water, Fire and Air. These elements were already thought as highly religious and spiritual in China, but now they became incredibly important in the up and coming feild of science. But what I believe is the most vital creation/discovery before the creation of the periodic table is the scientific method. This is because later scientists discovered natural or created man-made elements using the scientific method. Sir Francis Bacon (love the name) created it and made it part of his book published in 1605, titled "The Proficience and Advancement of Learning".

Lothar Myer in 1864 developed what you could call a "Baby Periodic Chart" that had 28 elements. Many thik of it as insufficient and not impotrant for the time period, but this ONE man questioned, experimented, gathered, researched further, label, organize and publish 28 elements. Seems pretty immpressive to me.
Sir Francis Bacon

http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/19-periodic-table-timeline.htm

https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_general-chemistry-principles-patterns-and-applications-v1.0/s11-01-the-history-of-the-periodic-ta.html

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