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A GLANCE at the history of the chemical elements reveals the fact that no fewer than fifty-three of them were recognised so early as 1818, and since that time some thirty more have been discovered. The search for new elements between 1818 and 1869 represents an empirical programme without considerations of marked theoretical interest, and the investigations were directed more particularly to an examination of minerals. The chief results were the isolation of new metallic elements, and the work of the great master, Berzelius, stands out pre-eminently during this period, and his quantitative work surely paved the way for future investigations.
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DIXON, H., STEPHEN, H. The Discovery of Chemical Elements Since 1869. Nature 104, 221–223 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/104221a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/104221a0