it{he} has written to it{her}:
Friends united not only predilection for chemistry - they were in many
respects similar - with identical passion were given work, and by
something, with a head were immersed in new business. It was to tell the
truth, shown at them differently. Mendeleyev all was given passion and did
not cool down, while in it{him} the spark decayed even. It{he} did not
undertake something another, was not convinced yet that here it{he} has
learned{has found out} and has taken all. It{he} was sincerely pleased the
affinity with as counted his{its} unusually talented person and thanked
destiny that she{it} has reduced them.
And was similar to noisy, sparkling fireworks which it{he} is skilful
to prepare and prepared always , with love. It{he} perfectly painted in
oils and drew, is skilful to mould and engrave - not speaking that it{he}
played on many tools, - was the chemist and the composer. And how to know,
whether from this friendship with went then hobby for art. Probably, all
the same many-sided nature - it really inevitable display of the big
talent. The person, great really, probably, cannot enclose all force and
all talent in one channel. A life, as if being afraid to lose invaluable
particles of human talent, does not allow it{him} to make it.
And in Petersburg Mendeleyev suddenly feels sharp pleasure of
returning. It{he} has understood, that all years missed this city. Now
it{he} not one here: sister Olga has returned. Together with the husband
decembrist Basarginym she{it} was in the long Siberian reference. Here, in
its{her} house, Mendeleyev even more often meets with - she{it} is
pleasant to it{him}, but it{he} badly knows women and is not confident that
is necessary to follow advice{council} of the sister and to marry. It{he}
wants to find out - whether they can with understand each other, but every
time perplexed stops: no, it is visible, has not stuck to hasten, hurry
destiny. Let all develops how is, without any efforts.
It{He} trusts, that so it will be better. Then suddenly inflow of
despair - it{he} doubts of itself, in the and writes the letter. No, not
the letter, and cry from the heart is born{carried} to the sister to Moscow
(her{it} have carried away for the period of an affair). And that answers:
And it{he} concedes.
And in fact that is strange: it{he} was the person with strong
character, is skilful to stand for itself and God forbid to someone it{him}
to offend, and here suddenly it{he} has conceded. From what? It{he} knew,
that has been in love only, instead of liked. And married. To it{him} it
was not indifferent? Probably, no. But it{he} trusted, that if has left ,
for it{her} it would become valid impact. And it{he} could not reconcile to
it. It{he} is not skilful to hurt anothers.
In three years at the son was born. Dmitry Ivanovich together with the
friend the professor Iljinym buys from the ruined prince small , nearby to
Klin, moves there and with starts to be engaged in an agriculture.
However, the hobby it was not casual: Mendeleyev for a long time missed
the nature.
In it is good it{him}. It{he} walked much, exploited, strove on the
skilled field, and in the evenings quite often met herd going from a
pasture. It{he} very much loved all this. But business not only in it.
Experiences which it{he} puts, serve one purpose. His{its} science should
to people concrete advantage{benefit}. Here, in , it{he} brings up in
itself(himself) other attitude{relation} to business: work of the scientist
should not be outside of communication{connection} with practice. And right
at the end of the life it{he} will recollect these days and will write
about experiences: ., it appears, when it{he}
started to think of the future.
For now still it{he} walked with the son on glades, with boyish passion
played on a lawn in a croquet, pottered on a current, collected just the
bought thresher. Also it was visible, that here, in , it{he} feels like
itself(himself), freely and happily.
So thought, looking at him{it}, his{its} wife. She{it} thought, that so
will be always, that Dmitry Ivanovich has understood, at last, where and in
what his{its} happiness. From one only these ideas the wave of silent
pleasure overflew her{it}.
But she{it} was mistaken. In its{her} husband the great scientist at
that time ripened. It{he} did not think of it. She{it} simply did not
understand it.
And again Petersburg. The idea on chemical affinity of elements which
has come within students, again excited it{him}. It{he} has been absolutely
firmly convinced, that by all means should exist certain law - imperous,
relentless which defines{determines} this affinity or distinction of the
elements occupying the world.
How many up to him{it} was attempt - naive, far-fetched - find this
law, obeying it{him} to place all elements on harmonous system... At that
time chemists have opened and 64 elements, knew their
nuclear weights so the material for work already was. There was no only a
person who would manage to penetrate into this secret laying as it seemed,
somewhere nearby and nevertheless inaccessible.
French chemist Shankurtua searched for law, having arranged elements on
the screw cutting put on worth cylinder. All is vain.
English chemist Njulends, the person, probably, the refined nature,
tensely searched for a solution with the help of music. It{he} trusted,
that those parities{ratio} which exist between elements, are similar to
parities{ratio} between musical tone and his{its} octave. construct the
system, it is artificial pushing in it{her} elements, them under those
sizes which itself and has prepared. The system was, but the system of
elements was not. it was necessary to go through minutes when chairman of
the British congress of scientists has asked it{him}, not hiding irony:
whether
Mendeleyev looked in the essence of the phenomena and did not try to
search for any external communication{connection} uniting all elements in
the base of a universe. It{he} tried to understand - that them connects and
that defines{determines} their properties. Mendeleyev has arranged elements
on increase of their nuclear weight and began to grope law between nuclear
weight and other chemical properties of elements. It{he} tried to
understand ability of elements to attach to itself(himself) atoms of
relatives or to give the.
It{He} has armed with lots of cards and has written on one party{side}
the name of an element, and on other - it nuclear weight and formulas of
his{its} some major connections. It{he} again and again shifted these
cards, stacking them on properties of elements. And in his{its}
consciousness any new laws emerged, and it{he} with the familiar excitement
previous to opening, cautiously moved ahead further and further. Hours
it{he} sat, having declined above the table, again and again peering into
records, and felt, how the head and as eyes were dimmed with a shivering
veil started to be turned from a pressure{voltage}...
Speak, that in dream to it{him} there has come inspiration and that at
night to it{him} as, in what order it is necessary to spread out those
cards that all has lain in the places under the law of the nature. Can be.
The brain of the person always is awake. But there was Mendeleyev to this
enlightenment years! It{he} moved ahead intelligently, beforehand planning
and expecting each next step. Can, and there was that inspiration, but
it{he} cannot be named casual.
Mendeleyev has found communication{connection} even between the most
unlike elements. It{he} has found out, that properties of elements if them
to place in ascending order nuclear weights, through correct intervals
repeat. Mendeleyev understood: accident it could not be. Then it{he} has
made last - deciding step: has arranged all elements also on groups, having
united in separate families of close relatives. It{he} so clearly saw
harmony of the system created by him{it}, that, having noticed absence of
an element between aluminium and the titan, has left to it{him} an empty
seat. Such empty cells{cages} it was necessary to leave two more.
Mendeleyev's system allowed it{him} to expect opening.
First of them has followed in four years. The element for which
Mendeleyev has left a place and properties which nuclear weight it{he} has
predicted, has suddenly appeared! Young French chemist Lekok has sent the
letter in the Parisian academy of sciences. In it{him} it was spoken: . But the most amazing still was necessary.
Mendeleyev has predicted, still leaving for this element a place, that
his{its} density should be 5,9. And asserted{approved}: the element open
by him{it} has density 4,7. Mendeleyev, and in eyes not seeing new it and
is more surprising than elements - themes, declares, that the French
chemist was mistaken in calculations. But also appeared : it{he} assured,
that was exact. This dispute resembled any game in which participated .
This magician carried Russian name.
Hardly later after additional measurements it was found out: Mendeleyev
was unconditionally right. The first element, filling an empty place in the
table, has named gallium in honour of the native land of France. And to
anybody then has not occurred to name it{him} of the person who has
predicted existence of this element, person who has once and for all
predetermined a way of development of chemistry. It was made by scientists
