Multiple choice

Law of octaves was given by

  1. Johann Dobereiner

  2. Dmitri Mendeleev

  3. John Alexander Newlands

  4. Lothar Meyer
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Explanation

John Alexander Newlands in 1865 profounded the Law of Octaves. He arranged the elements in increasing order of their atomic weights and noted that every eighth element had properties similar to the first element .The relationship was just like every eighth note that resembles the first in octaves of music.

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