The periodic table and other wallcharts in the teaching of chemistry in St Andrews, 1884–1919

R. Alan Aitken; M. Pilar Gil

doi:10.1098/rsta.2019.0299

The periodic table and other wallcharts in the teaching of chemistry in St Andrews, 1884–1919

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The teaching of the chemistry of the elements at the University of St Andrews by Professor Thomas Purdie FRS is examined with reference to selections from a collection of recently discovered historic wallcharts and extracts from his detailed hand-written lecture notes. Together these reveal a comprehensive and exciting
programme of lectures incorporating numerous practical demonstrations which were continually updated to reflect the latest state of knowledge in what was a rapidly changing field.

Original language	English
Article number	20190299
Number of pages	17
Journal	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Volume	378
Issue number	2180
Early online date	17 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0299
Publication status	Published - 18 Sept 2020

Keywords

Periodic table
Chemistry wallcharts
Elements
Lecture demonstrations

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