During 1859-1861 , Mendeleev had the opportunity to work with various European scientists . He studied the cohesion of various substances especially organic compounds through capillarity which led him to the formulation of the theory of absolute boiling point . In 1860 , Mendeleev had the chance to attend the International Congress of Chemists in Karlsruhe where he obtained a copy of Stanislao Cannizzaro 's about the atomic weight . He distinguished Cannizzaro 's successful system of atomic weights apart with Gerhardt 's system of...











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