My linocut of Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev from shoulders up in a gradient of bright mint green at the bottom through navy to darkest blue-black at the top. He wears a suit with bow tie and a heavy bushy beard. The shape of the modern periodic table is carved into his chest as blank squares, and the elements he knew are indicated by their symbols. Those he included but not quite in the right place (because contemporary observations were still inconclusive) are indicated in pink). The blank squares were as-of-yet not discovered or isolated elements.
Happy birthday to Russian #chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (1834 – 1907) who published the periodic table. 🧪🐡 #histsci Born in Siberia, the youngest child of a large family, his father was a school principal until he lost his sight & job. His mother then restarted her family’s abandoned glass factory 🧵