NAWA, Nagayasu
A Japanese schoolteacher and periodic table designer
Periodic Table "tenugui" Towel
The Periodic Table "tenugui" towel with the time line of chemical element discoveries.
The six circles in the left symbolize six scientists: De Chancourtois, John Newlands, William Odling, Gustavus Hinrichs, Julius Lothar Meyer and Dimitri Mendeleev.*
A "tenugui" is a thin Japanese hand towel made of cotton. It is typically about 35 by 90 centimeters in size, plain woven and is almost always dyed with some pattern.
*Scerri E. 2015 The discovery of the periodic table as a case of simultaneous discovery.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 373: 20140172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0172
The following are now disclosed for public review:
• Nihonium and symbol Nh, for the element 113,
• Moscovium and symbol Mc, for the element 115,
• Tennessine and symbol Ts, for the element 117, and
• Oganesson and symbol Og, for the element 118.
Periodic Table "tenugui" Towel, 46th OTOKOKUSAI Version
This "tenugui" towel is made in Imabari, Japan.