¶ Avogadro
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Reviewing chemical science history I became intuitively aware that the clue to vectorial, volumetric, geometrical coordination might be found in Avogadro’s experimental proof of his earlier hypothesis which stated that all gases under identical conditions of heat and pressure will always disclose the same number of molecules per given volume. I felt intuitively that inasmuch as these gases often consist of one unique chemical element, such as hydrogen or helium, and that inasmuch as these gases could be liquefied, and inasmuch as most of the elements are susceptible to some heat- or pressure-produced transformation between their liquid, crystalline, and vapor, or incandescent states, it might also be reasonable to hypothetically generalize Avogadro’s hypothesis by assuming that ‘under identical energy conditions all elements may disclose the same number of “somethings” per given volume.’
