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- Rediscovery of the Elements: Cronstedt and Nickel
- Article describing Axel Fredrik Cronstedt and his discovery of nickel. Information regarding pertinent locations is included.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: Rhenium and Technetium
- Article describing the discovery of rhenium and technetium by Walter Karl Friedrich Noddack and Ida Eva Noddack-Tacke. Information regarding pertinent locations is included.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: The Harz Mountains and Göttingen
- Article describing the importance of the Harz Mountains and the University of Göttingen in the discovery of cadmium and thallium. Tourist information regarding the area is included.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: Mineral Waters and Spectroscopy
- Article describing the career of Robert Bunsen and the history of spectroscopy and its use in mineral analysis. The discovery of cesium and rubidium using spectroscopy on mineral water is included. In addition, the authors offer tourist information regarding locations pertinent to Bunsen and certain mineral water springs.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: Klaproth
- Article describing the life and career of Martin Heinrich Klaproth, including his discoveries of uranium and zirconium. Tourist information regarding locations significant to his history is included.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
- Article describing the life of Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner and his attempts to systematically organize the elements. Tourist information regarding locations significant to his history is included.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: The Periodic Table
- Article recounting the history of the development of the Periodic Table. Sites pertinent to this development were visited by the authors, who provide related tourist information.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: The Road to Karlsruhe
- Article describing the history of atomic weight and the events leading up to the Karlsruhe Congress of chemists. The authors visited several sites pertinent to these events and offer tourist information.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: Aluminum
- Article describing the history of aluminum, from its use in alum to its isolation. Tourist information is given regarding locations pertinent to aluminum.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: Agricola
- Article describing the career and discoveries of Georgius Agricola. Tourist information regarding locations important to his life are visited and discussed.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: Carl Wilhelm Scheele
- Article describing the career and discoveries of Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Tourist information regarding locations important to Scheele's life are visited and discussed.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: Phlogiston and Lavoisier
- Article describing the rise and fall of the eighteenth century idea of phlogiston. Tourist information is provided regarding pertinent areas of phlogiston's history.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: The Second Discovery of Vanadium
- Article describing how vanadium was "rediscovered" in Sweden and found to be identical to del Rio's sample. Includes tourist information regarding areas relevant to this portion of vanadium's history.
- Rediscovery of the Elements: Germanium
- Article recounting the history of the element Germanium, including background material on mining in Germany and the isolation of Germanium by Clemens A. Winkler. Tourist information is provided regarding Winkler's laboratory and mines open to the public as museums.