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Rydberg and the Periodic System of the Elements

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It is not so well known as it should be that Rydberg’s occupation with spectral lines had its origin in his interest in the periodic system of the elements, an interest which accompanied him through his whole life.

First published in English in the Proceedings of the Rydberg Centennial Conference on Atomic Spectroscopy, Lund 1954. Vol. 50, No 21. Universitetes Årsskrift, Lund, Schweden, 1955.

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  1. J. R. Rydberg: “Recherches sur la constitution des spectres d’émission des éléments chimiques”, Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Vol. 23, Nr. 11, Stockholm 1890. (In German: “Untersuchungen über die Beschaffenheit der Emissionsspektren der chemischen Elemente”, Ostwalds Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften Nr. 196, Leipzig 1922.)

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  2. From Ostwalds Klassiker, Nr. 196, p. 9 f.

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Pauli, W. (1994). Rydberg and the Periodic System of the Elements. In: Enz, C.P., von Meyenn, K. (eds) Writings on Physics and Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02994-7_9

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