PRINTER'S NO. 2408
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
450
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, RYAN, BIZZARRO, HILL-EVANS, MURT,
McCARTER, KORTZ, KINSEY, FREEMAN, CALTAGIRONE, LONGIETTI,
McCLINTON, MILLARD, CONKLIN, READSHAW, DiGIROLAMO,
YOUNGBLOOD, NEILSON AND SCHWEYER, SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing 2019 as the "International Year of the Periodic
Table of Chemical Elements" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The United Nations designated 2019 as the
"International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements";
and
WHEREAS, In doing so, the United Nations recognized the
development of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements as one of
the most significant achievements in science and a uniting
scientific concept with applications and implications in
astronomy, chemistry, physics, biology and other natural
sciences; and
WHEREAS, The "International Year of the Periodic Table of
Chemical Elements" coincides with the 150th anniversary of the
discovery of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements by Dmitri
Mendeleev in 1869; and
WHEREAS, The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is a unique
tool enabling scientists to predict the appearance and
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