People often say that in this piece Mendeleev proved that the solubility is the best for 40% of alcohol and 60% of water, and thereby invented vodka as we know it. Unfortunately, that's nothing but an urban legend: Russians were drinking vodka long before Mendeleev was even born.
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May be he really did prove it. Before people were drinking without being sure about that) What was "vodka conjecture" became "vodka theorem"!
True, but [as far as I know], the 40% concentration was not found to be anything special in the Mendeleev's thesis.
Drunks just need to blame somebody and have a scientific excuse for drinking )
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