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The authors wish to thank W. Balzer, W. C. Nieuwpoort, and H. Zandvoort for helpful comments on an earlier version.
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Hettema, H., Kuipers, T.A.F. The periodic table — its formalization, status, and relation to atomic theory. Erkenntnis 28, 387–408 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00184902
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