{"id":4838,"date":"2026-09-02T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.minesparis.psl.eu\/musee\/?page_id=4838"},"modified":"2026-10-08T14:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:12:47","slug":"avant-mendeleive-genese-dun-tableau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.minesparis.psl.eu\/musee\/en\/exhibitions-events\/temporary-exhibitions\/avant-mendeleive-genese-dun-tableau\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Mendeleive: genesis of a array"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Before Mendeleiev: genesis of a painting\u00a0\u00bb: from October 5, 2019 to January 31, 2020 \u2013 EXTENSION UNTIL February 21, 2020<\/h2>\n

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Vis tellurique de De Chancourtois en 1862. Copyright : Biblioth\u00e8que MINES Paris – PSL.<\/em><\/span><\/address>\n

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The exhibition in a few words<\/h4>\n

Today an indispensable tool of chemistry, the periodic table of elements is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Brilliant intuition, as he likes to say, or the fruit of the legacy of chemists before him: how did Mendeleev arrive at this classification? How did it become established in the scientific world?<\/p>\n

Until the late 18th century, chemistry was strongly inspired by the theory of the four elements: fire, air, water and earth. On the eve of the Revolution, Antoine de Lavoisier radically changed this notion of element: it is now about the smallest possible division of a substance. This new definition is followed by a genuine quest for the discovery of elements, facilitated by the development of scientific instruments.<\/p>\n

As the list of elements grows, the question of their classification becomes a major concern for chemists. The possibility of a classification based on atomic mass gradually became apparent in the first half of the 19th century. We thus demonstrate the periodicity of their chemical properties. But the road is still long before the adoption of a classification recognized by all. Between 1862 and 1869, no less than six chemists proposed periodic tables, the first of which was the Telluric Vis by B\u00e9guyer de Chancourtois, a mining engineer.<\/p>\n

On the occasion of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, the exhibition of the \u00c9cole des mines de Paris retraces through the history of its precursors, the formidable human and scientific adventure at the origin of this table.<\/p>\n

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In a practical way:<\/strong> The visit of the temporary exhibition is possible with an entry at the normal rate of the Museum of Mineralogy.<\/p>\n

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\u2013 on the exhibition and history before Mendeleiev\u2019s painting.<\/p>\n

\u2013 On the periodic table: How is it organized? What does each box of the table designate?<\/p>\n

Qu\u2019est-ce que chaque case du tableau d\u00e9signe ?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The exhibition in pictures<\/h4>\n

Some photos from the exhibition at the Museum of Mineralogy and at the Library of the Ecole des Mines.<\/p>\n

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Bureau d\u2019alchimiste reconstitu\u00e9. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Annales de chimie de la collection de la Biblioth\u00e8que MINES ParisTech. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Partie haute de la vis tellurique imagin\u00e9e par de Chancourtois en 1862. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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D\u00e9tail de la vis tellurique imagin\u00e9e par de Chancourtois en 1862. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00ab Extrait du trait\u00e9 des affinit\u00e9s chymiques ou attractions \u00e9lectives \u00bb, par Tobern Bergman, Paris 1788. Collection de la Biblioth\u00e8que MINES ParisTech. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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D\u00e9tail de la planche 1 de Goussier et Pr\u00e9vost du livre \u00ab Chimie. Laboratoire et table de rapports \u00bb, Paris 1763. Collection de la Biblioth\u00e8que MINES ParisTech. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/address>\n

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Une des deux vitrines d\u2019exposition \u00e0 la Biblioth\u00e8que MINES ParisTech. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Un des registres d\u2019analyses chimiques faites par les \u00e9tudiants de l\u2019Ecole des Mines (1796-1797). Collection de la Biblioth\u00e8que MINES ParisTech. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Argentite, un minerai d\u2019argent de la collection du Mus\u00e9e de Min\u00e9ralogie MINES ParisTech. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00ab Elemens de chymie th\u00e9orique \u00bb, par Pierre-Jospeh Macquer, Paris 1753. Apprentis chimistes sur cette gravure, trois putti au milieu du laboratoire lisent une table des caract\u00e8res chimiques, tandis qu\u2019un quatri\u00e8me allume un fourneau. Collection de la Biblioth\u00e8que MINES ParisTech. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00ab Splendor Solis \u00bb de Salomon Trismosin (faussement attribu\u00e9), 1599. Recueil de trait\u00e9s alchimiques, dont le Spendor solis, reprenant un manuscrit de la premi\u00e8re moiti\u00e9 du XVI\u00e8 si\u00e8cle, couramment attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 Salomon Trismosin. L\u2019expemlaire de l\u2019Ecole des Mines, dont les gravures sur bois sont aquarell\u00e9es, porte de nombreuses annotations manuscrites. Le Splendor solis est un trait\u00e9 dans lequel est expos\u00e9e la philosophie alchimique, une vision du monde dans laquelle l\u2019homme vit en harmonie avec la nature et la recherche de la puret\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00e2me, seule capable de lui faire acc\u00e9der au Grand oeuvre. Parmi les gravures, 7 fioles pourraient repr\u00e9senter les 7 m\u00e9taux, associ\u00e9s dans l\u2019alchimie aux 7 plan\u00e8tes. Collection de la Biblioth\u00e8que MINES ParisTech. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. Gaillou.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00ab Natur-K\u00fcndigung der Metallen \u00bb par Johann Joachim Becher, \u00e9dition de 1705. Trait\u00e9 des probl\u00e8mes m\u00e9tallurgiques sur la base de la th\u00e9orie des 4 \u00e9l\u00e9ments, et sur la g\u00e9n\u00e9ration des m\u00e9taux et des minerais. Copyright : Mus\u00e9e de min\u00e9ralogie MINES Paris – PSL. Photo : E. 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