In 1862, Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois, a French geologist, published an early form of periodic table, which he called the telluric helix or screw.
I 1862 udgav Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois, en fransk geolog, en tidlig form for periodisk system, som han kaldte den telluriske helix eller skrue.