The INTERNET Database of Periodic Tables

There are thousands of periodic tables in web space, but this is the only comprehensive database of periodic tables & periodic system formulations. If you know of an interesting periodic table that is missing, please contact the database curator: Mark R. Leach Ph.D. The database holds information on periodic tables, the discovery of the elements, the elucidation of atomic weights and the discovery of atomic structure (and much, much more).

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Periodic Tables from the years before 1800, by date:

9000 BCE	Copper, Discovery of
7000 BCE	Lead, Discovery of
6000 BCE	Gold, Discovery of
5000 BCE	Iron, Discovery of
5000 BCE	Silver, Discovery of
3750 BCE	Carbon, Discovery of
3500 BCE	Tin, Discovery of
2000 BCE	Sulfur (Sulphur), Discovery of
2000 BCE	Mercury, Discovery of
1000 BCE	Zinc, Discovery of
800 BCE	Antimony, Discovery of
450 BCE	Classical Elements: Earth, Water, Air & Fire
300 BCE	Arsenic, Discovery of
1000	Elements Known in the Year 1000
1520	Tria Prima of Alchemy
1617	Elemental Spheres of Terra (earth), Aqua (water), Aer (air) & Ignis (fire)
1624	Ripley Scroll
1669	Phosphorus, Discovery of
1671	Valentinus' Table of Chymicall & Philosophicall Charecters
1682	Digby's A Choice Collection of Rare Secrets
1687	Alchemical Emblem Showing the Four Classical Elements
1690	Newton's Lapis Philosophicus cum suis rotis elementaribus
1700	Elements Known in the Year 1700
1718	Geoffroy's Affinity Table
1735	Cobalt, Discovery of
1748	Platinum, Discovery of
1751	Nickel, Discovery of
1753	Bismuth, Discovery of
1766	Hydrogen, Discovery of
1771	Oxygen, Discovery of
1772	Nitrogen, Discovery of
1774	Chlorine, Discovery of
1774	Manganese, Discovery of
1775	Bergman's Dissertation on Elective Affinities
1778	Diderot's Alchemical Chart of Affinities
1781	Molybdenum, Discovery of
1782	de Morveau's Table of Chemically Simple Substances
1782	Tellurium, Discovery of
1783	Tungsten, Discovery of
1787	Méthode de Nomeclature Chimique
1789	Lavoisier's Table of Simple Substances
1789	Zirconium, Discovery of
1789	Uranium, Discovery of
1791	Titanium, Discovery of
1794	Yttrium, Discovery of
1798	Beryllium, Discovery of
1798	Chromium, Discovery of

Year: 9000 BCE

PT id = 809, Type = element

Discovery of Copper

Copper, atomic number 29, has a mass of 63.546 au.

Copper had its earliest use in about 9000 BCE, and the oldest sample dates from 6000 BCE. It was discovered by Middle East workers and the earliest sample is from Anatolia.

The INTERNET Database of Periodic Tables

Periodic Tables from the years before 1800, by date:

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