Vol 3 No 2 Suppl. 4 (2019)
Special Issue Article

The St Andrews Periodic Table Wallchart and its Use in Teaching

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  • R. Alan Aitken,
  • M. Pilar Gil
R. Alan Aitken
EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, UK
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M. Pilar Gil
University of St Andrews, Library Annexe, UK
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Substantia-738

Published 2019-12-06

Keywords

  • Periodic table wallcharts,
  • Thomas Purdie,
  • teaching tools

How to Cite

Aitken, R. A., & Gil, M. P. (2019). The St Andrews Periodic Table Wallchart and its Use in Teaching. Substantia, 3(2), 47–59. https://doi.org/10.13128/Substantia-738
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Abstract

An early surviving copy of a periodic table of the elements wallchart is described and it is compared with other early versions of the periodic table. The status of chemistry teaching in St Andrews at the time and particularly the lectures of Professor Thomas Purdie are considered to show the context in which this periodic table would have been used and gain some appreciation of it pedagogical importance.

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