What is John Newlands?
[[File:John newlands.JPG|thumb|John Newlands]] '''John Alexander Reina Newlands''' (26 November 1837– 29 July 1898) was an [[English people|English]] [[chemist]] who worked on the discovery of the [[Periodic table of elements|Periodic Table of the Elements]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/412978/John-Alexander-Reina-Newlands |title=John Alexander Reina Newlands (British chemist)|first= |last=|work=Britannica Online Encyclopedia |year=2012 |accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref> He studied at the Royal College of Chemistry in London. He arranged the [[chemical element]]s according to their [[atomic weight]]. He noticed a pattern with every eighth element, which he compared to [[octave]]s in music. He called this the Law of Octaves.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nndb.com/people/480/000103171/ |title=John Alexander Reina Newlands |first= |last= |work=nndb.com |year=2012 |accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Newlands, John}} [[Category:1837 births]] [[Category:1898 deaths]] [[Category:English chemists]]