John Newlands
British chemist who did work concerning the periodicity of elements
John Alexander Reina Newlands (26 November 1837– 29 July 1898) was an English chemist who worked on the discovery of the Periodic Table of the Elements.[1] He studied at the Royal College of Chemistry in London.
He arranged the chemical elements according to their atomic weight. He noticed a pattern with every eighth element, which he compared to octaves in music. He called this the Law of Octaves.[2]
References
change- ↑ "John Alexander Reina Newlands (British chemist)". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ↑ "John Alexander Reina Newlands". nndb.com. 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
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