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Newlands arranged all of the known elements, starting with hydrogen and ending with thorium (atomic weight 232), into eight groups of seven, which he likened to octaves of music. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In Newlands' table, the elements were ordered by the atomic weights that were known at the time and were numbered sequentially to show their order.
The law of octaves relates all processes which occur in time to the diatonic scale, ascribing a particular meaning to the intervals corresponding to the just diatonic semitone (a pitch ratio of 16:15). All vibrations are said to proceed with periodic unevenness corresponding to the diatonic scale.
He called this a Law of Octaves. Three years later, in 1866, he presented his ideas to the Chemical Society, unfortunately for Newlands, the musical analogy was not well received – the audience suggesting he might as well have ordered the elements alphabetically. Today, Newlands' Octaves are known as the Law of Periodicity, and Mendeleev was ...
Newlands published several short letters on classification of elements from 1863 to 1865 and he read a paper on the subject to the Chemical Society in 1866. (This paper was not published, but an account of it was reported in the Chemical News.) He applied the term "Law of octaves" starting in 1865.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Development of the table of chemical elements The American chemist Glenn T. Seaborg —after whom the element seaborgium is named—standing in front of a periodic table, May 19, 1950 Part of a series on the Periodic table Periodic table forms 18-column 32-column Alternative and extended ...
He referred to his idea as the Law of Octaves, at one point drawing an analogy with an eight-key musical scale. John Gladstone, a fellow chemist, objected on the basis that Newlands's table presumed no elements remained to be discovered. "The last few years had brought forth thallium, indium, caesium, and rubidium, and now the finding of one ...
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John Newlands may refer to: John Newlands (chemist) (1837–1898), English analytical chemist John Newlands (Australian politician) (1864–1932), Australian Senator