Von Antropoff's periodic table: history, significance, and propagation from Germany to Spain

• Autores: Claudi Mans Teixidó, W. H. Eugen Schwarz
• Localización: The Circulation of Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science. Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010 / coord. por Antoni M. Roca Rosell, 2012, ISBN 978-84-9965-108-8, págs. 536-542
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A. v. Antropoff combined the ideas on the periodic system of chemical elements of previous authors into an impressive and colorful-mnemonic graphical design, to act as an ordering principle in both research and education. He stressed the development of elements along the linear array of nuclear charges from Z = 0 to 92, the pseudo-periodicity of 2, 8, 18 and 32, and the kinships of main groups and subgroups. His design was largely lost in Germany after WW II, partly due to his Nazi affiliation. However, his scientific legacy was transferred to Spain. In 1928 Antonio García-Banús, professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Barcelona, made a study trip to Europe including Germany. At his return he proposed the creation of a lecture hall with references to chemistry, with a wall painting of the periodic table of v. Antropoff. This took place in 1934. After the Spanish Civil War, the painting remained in the classroom, and was restored in 2008. We have yet not heard of any other still existing wall copies of this design