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Method of Chemical Nomenclature
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier publishes the first rationaly explained table of elements in his essay titled 'The Method of Chemical Nomenclature' in 1787 -
First Periodic Table of Elements
The first periodic table of elements was published in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev. However, the table was incomplete (only holding 68 elements) and was organised by atomic mass, rather than atomic number -
First Modern Periodic Table of Elements
Henry Moseley created the first modern periodic table by using x-ray wavelenghts to measure atomic number, giving him more acurate data and a greater ability to catorigise the known elements (87 by this point) -
Modern Periodic Table of Elements
With the discovery of Ununpentium (element 115) in 2013, the most updated Periodic Table of Elements was created