The zero group of elements has been removed from the table. Hydrogen, helium, argon and other elements are now in completely different places. And most importantly, ether has disappeared from the table.

How can this be? It turns out that instead of the original work of the great scientist, we study a version that has passed through someone's edits? Why did the zero group and the mysterious element Newtonius disappeared from the table? What meaning did Mendeleev himself put into his system? Is it possible that the changes were accidental, or is there something more behind it? Let's find out.

What is the reason? Initially, Mendeleev's table was based on the concept of ‘ether’, to which the scientist attached great importance. In his work ‘Attempt of chemical understanding of the world ether’ (1905) he wrote: ‘Like a fish against ice, the thought of wise men has been struggling for centuries in its quest for unity in everything, that is, in the search for the ‘beginning of all beginnings’, but has only achieved that it still has to recognize an inseparable, but also not merged, cognizable trinity of eternal and distinctive: substance (matter), force (energy) and spirit...’

Mendeleev believed that the Aether unites these three components - matter, force and spirit - and serves as the basis of the universe.

The aether was the key to understanding the mysteries of the Universe. However, in the early 20th century, the scientific community began to abandon this notion. Einstein's theories of space-time and general relativity began to supplant ideas about the existence of the universal Aether. Gradually the term itself began to be considered obsolete.

But was the rejection of the Aether really a purely scientific decision? Or was it favorable to those who sought to rethink the foundations of physics and chemistry? After all, the idea of the Aether, uniting matter, energy and spirit, goes far beyond the usual materialism.

The Aether is not just a forgotten part of science, but an entire philosophy of unity. What do you think? Why were Mendeleev's ideas thrown out of science and the table rewritten? Share your opinion.

It was an extremely bold move, especially considering that the proponents of the aether theory were already being really harassed at that time. Although it was not as prominent at that time as it was at the time of the acceptance of Einstein's theory of relativity. We have already discussed that the theory of relativity was literally invented, and also analyzed the reasons why this was done.

Even in ancient times, philosophers assumed the existence of some substance that cannot be felt, but which permeates everything around. They believed that this invisible medium was the basis of all things. René Descartes (1596-1650) was the first to talk about the ether as a scientific phenomenon.

Later scientists who investigated the nature of light came to the conclusion that light is a wave. But a wave must propagate in something, which means that there must be a certain medium through which the microparticles of light - photons - can ‘fly’.

By the 19th century, the scientific community became more and more convinced of the existence of this invisible medium with each new experience confirming its existence. The aether was described as something invisible, intangible, incomprehensible, but at the same time all-pervasive and uniting all things.

Many eminent scientists, starting with Newton, have spoken of the existence of such subtle matter. Its understanding could be the key to unlocking the greatest mysteries of the universe.

But there were obstacles in the way. What happened to the theory of the ether, and why was it removed from official science? Maybe someone considered it too dangerous for certain structures? Share your thoughts.

Mendeleev approached the study of the ether from the point of view of chemistry. In his work ‘An Attempt at a Chemical Understanding of the World Aether’, the great Russian chemist described the aether as: The lightest of all elements, both in density and atomic weight.The fastest moving gas. Least able to form stable compounds with other atoms or particles.An element that is ubiquitous and pervasive.

Here's how he described them in his work: ‘Let us notice first the element of the first row of Group 1. It may be labelled ‘y’. ... It is ‘Coronium,’ with a density of the order of 0.2 with respect to hydrogen; but it cannot in any way be the world ether. This element ‘y’ is important in order to mentally approach the most important element ‘x’, which, in my opinion, is the ether. I should like to call him Newtonius...’.

The element ‘X’ - newtonium - was placed by Mendeleev in the zero series and zero group, which emphasized its special importance. The scientist chose the name newtonium in honor of Isaac Newton, who also devoted much research to the theory of the ether.

Thus, Mendeleev's writings reflect a profound attempt to explain etheric matter as a fundamental element that unites the laws of physics and chemistry.

The weight of an atom of the hypothetical element X, according to Mendeleev's calculations, ranged from 5.3×10-¹¹¹ to 9.6×10-⁷, if we take the atomic weight of hydrogen as a unit.

Mendeleev was one of the first to take a fundamental approach to the study of this mysterious substance.

Like Mendeleev, Tesla believed that the aether was an ultra-light gas consisting of microscopic particles that moved at great speed everywhere present corpuscular radiation - ‘the main solar rays’. These rays, he argued, interact with aether particles, their mass and electronic forces.

Tesla experimented with electromagnetic fields and electricity in an attempt to influence the aether. His research included designing a flying machine that could use high voltage electrical charges to affect the surrounding etheric space. According to his idea, such a machine could reach speeds of up to 36,000 miles per hour! This sounds fantastic, as do many of the facts of the great Serbian scientist's life. His research into the ether, as well as Mendeleev's concepts, opened up whole new horizons for understanding the world.

Although official science classifies the ether as a pseudoscience, quantum physics does not really deny it. If to consider in detail the concept of physical vacuum, also known as Dirac's structural vacuum, it becomes clear that it is not a void at all. Modern concepts state that the physical vacuum is a ground state of quantum fields, a kind of medium possessing zero electric charge.

Moreover, it is quantum physics that allowed to create a universal picture of the unified structure of matter. In contrast to classical physics, where it was about fields and particles, today we study single physical objects - quantum fields in four-dimensional space-time. This vacuum shows properties of material medium that allows to consider it as ‘modern ether’.

In other words, the term ‘vacuum’ simply veiled the concept of ‘ether’. The only difference is in terms: from the point of view of quantum physics, the ether is still not a chemical element, but a substance.