LibGuides: Periodic Table: Journals

Journals

Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie
- Began publication with Bd. 33 in 1840 and ceased publication with Bd. 168 in 1873
- Includes Supplementband 1-8 (1861-1872)
Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft
- Began publication with v.1 in 1868 and ceased publication with v.77 in 1945
The Chemical News
- Weekly publication issued from December 10, 1859 to December 29, 1860
- A medium for "the diffusion of scientific knowledge" arranged so as to "meet the views of all persons interested in scientific matters, either as chemical manufacturers, pharmaceutists, or amateur experimentalists, &c..." - The Chemical News, vol.1 no.1, December 10, 1859, p.1
- Each issue is divided into several sections: Scientific & Analytical Chemistry; Technical Chemistry; Pharmacy, Toxicology, &c; Proceedings of Societies; Notices of Books, Patents, &c.; Correspondence; Scientific Notes and Queries; Laboratory Memoranda; Miscellaneous
The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science
- Began publication with v.3 no.57 (January 5, 1861) and ceased with v.121 no.3168 (December 31, 1920)
- Continuation of The Chemical News
Chymia
- Began publication with v.1 in 1948 and ceased with v.12 in 1967
- Published by the University of Pennsylvania Press
- Has as its aim promoting "international scholarship in the history of chemistry" - Chymia vol.1, p. xiv
Isis
- Began publication with v.1 no.1 in March 1913
- Official publication of the History of Science Society
- Contains research articles, reviews, and notes on various history of science topics
Journal für praktische Chemie
- Began publication in 1834 and ceased in 1991
Journal of Chemical Education
- Publication of the Section of Chemical Education (later, Division of Chemical Education) of the American Chemical Society
- Began publication with v.1 no.1 in January 1924
Journal of the Chemical Society
- Publication of the Chemical Society (Great Britain)
- Began publication in 1862 and ceased in 1965
- Odd-numbered volumes from v.33-123 (1878-1923) have title: Journal of the Chemical Society. Transactions
- Even-numbered volumes from v.34-124 (1878-1923) have title: Journal of the Chemical Society. Abstracts [title varies slightly]
Justus Liebig's Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie
- Began publication with Bd.169 in 1873 and ceased with Bd.172 Heft 3 in 1874
Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie
- Began publication with Bd. 173 in 1874 and ceased in 1978
- Individual volume numbering was discontinued starting in 1973
- Available at the Othmer Library in both microform and print

Citations

The following citations may be useful starting points for those researching the periodic law:*

Brush, S. G. (1996). The reception of Mendeleev's law in America and Britain. Isis, 87(4), 595-628.

Cassebaum, H., & Kauffman, G. B. (1971). The periodic system of the chemical elements: The search for its discoverer. Isis, 62, 314-327.

Leicester, H. M. (1948). Factors which led Mendeleev to the periodic law. Chymia, 1, 67-74.

Mendeleev, D. (1871). On the periodic regularity of the chemical elements. Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, 8 (Supplementband), 133-229.

Mendeleev, D. (1871). On the question concerning the system of the elements. Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft, 4, 348-352.

Mendeleev, D. (1889). The periodic law of the chemical elements. Journal of the Chemical Society, 55, 634-656.

Newlands, J. A. R. (1863). On relations among the equivalents. The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 7, 70-72.

Scerri, E. R. & Edwards, J. (2001). Bibliography of secondary sources on the periodic system of the chemical elements. Foundations of Chemistry, 3(2), 183-196.

Spronsen, J. W. (1959). The prehistory of the periodic system of the elements. Journal of Chemical Education, 36, 565-567.

*This list of citations is not meant to be comprehensive. Its intent is to provide a sample of journal articles relevant to the study of the periodic law, its history and content.