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Can you give a brief explanation of the justification? I googled for the paper, and had difficulty finding the original or citations.

jartelt 9y ago
Not sure who is right, but there is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev#Vodka_myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev#Vodka_myth
- georgecmu 9y ago
  From the wikipedia page you're citing: However, Mendeleev's dissertation was about alcohol concentrations over 70% and he never wrote anything about vodka. This is clearly not true. Page 81 (Chapter 4) of Mendeleev's dissertation [1] starts as follows: На основаніи этого, желая съ возможною точностію опредѣлить составъ той смѣси спирта и воды, которой при разныхъ температурахъ соотвѣтствуетъ наибольшее сжатіе, я изслѣдовалъ смѣси, содержащія отъ 40 до 50 процентовъ безводнаго спирта. Это изслѣдованіе состоитъ изъ двухъ главныхъ частей: приготовленія смѣсей и опредѣленія ихъ удѣльнаго вѣса. Опишу первое, второе изложено во второй главѣ. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%94.%D0%98._%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BE_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%81_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B9._%281865%29.pdf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/%D0%9C%D...
  - appleflaxen 9y ago
    where does that say whiskey? google translate provides: On the basis of this, wishing, with the utmost precision, to determine the composition of the mixture of alcohol and water, which corresponds to the greatest compression at different temperatures, I used a mixture containing from 40 to 50 percent of anhydrous alcohol. This study consists of two main parts: the preparation of the sms and the definition of their extra vias. I'll describe the first, the second is set out in the second chapter.
georgecmu 9y ago
Here's the original: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%94.%D0%98._%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BE_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%81_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B9._%281865%29.pdf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/%D0%9C%D... He actually determined that the highest compression of the mixture takes place at roughly 46% alcohol. (p. 93).

jartelt 9y ago

Not sure who is right, but there is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev#Vodka_myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev#Vodka_myth

georgecmu 9y ago
From the wikipedia page you're citing: However, Mendeleev's dissertation was about alcohol concentrations over 70% and he never wrote anything about vodka. This is clearly not true. Page 81 (Chapter 4) of Mendeleev's dissertation [1] starts as follows: На основаніи этого, желая съ возможною точностію опредѣлить составъ той смѣси спирта и воды, которой при разныхъ температурахъ соотвѣтствуетъ наибольшее сжатіе, я изслѣдовалъ смѣси, содержащія отъ 40 до 50 процентовъ безводнаго спирта. Это изслѣдованіе состоитъ изъ двухъ главныхъ частей: приготовленія смѣсей и опредѣленія ихъ удѣльнаго вѣса. Опишу первое, второе изложено во второй главѣ. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%94.%D0%98._%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BE_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%81_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B9._%281865%29.pdf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/%D0%9C%D...
- appleflaxen 9y ago
  where does that say whiskey? google translate provides: On the basis of this, wishing, with the utmost precision, to determine the composition of the mixture of alcohol and water, which corresponds to the greatest compression at different temperatures, I used a mixture containing from 40 to 50 percent of anhydrous alcohol. This study consists of two main parts: the preparation of the sms and the definition of their extra vias. I'll describe the first, the second is set out in the second chapter.

georgecmu 9y ago

Here's the original: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%94.%D0%98._%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BE_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%81_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B9._%281865%29.pdf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/%D0%9C%D... He actually determined that the highest compression of the mixture takes place at roughly 46% alcohol. (p. 93).