These days you can use a mass spectrometer.
But when they started it went to Avogadro's number (that's moles) and gases and balanced equations helped along by very expensive balance scales.
the periodic table
The atomic number (Displayed on the bottom left of the elements symbol on the periodic table)
Chemical elements are organized in the periodic table of Mendeleev.
The elements on the periodic table are arranged in order of increasing atomic number.
atomic number
Atomic Number
Periodic Table of elements.
The periodic law states that when the elements are arranged by increasing atomic number, there will be periodic repetition.
the periodic table of elements the periodic table of elements
by their atomic number in the periodic table by grouping the elements on the periodic table
elements are listed in the periodic table in order of increasing atomic number
All the elements have unique atomic number. The properties of elements are periodic after certain atomic number.