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The arrangement of the elements, or of groups of elements in the order of their atomic weights corresponds to their so-called valences as well as, to some extent, to their distinctive chemical properties, as is apparent among other series in that of lithium, beryllium, barium, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and iron [sic. The printed speech in J. Chem. Soc. says barium and iron. Obviously boron (B) and fluorine (F) are meant. Mendeleev's 1869 paper lists the symbols B and F rather than the names of the elements. CJG]
What is mendeleev's third periodic principle?