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Newland's Octaves

Newland’s Law of Octaves:
According to this law “the elements are arranged in such a way that the eighth element starting from a given one has properties which are a repetition of those of the first if arranged in order of increasing atomic weight like the. eight note of musical scale.”
Drawback of Newland’s law of Octaves:
(i) According to Newland only 56 elements exists in nature and no more elements would be discovered in the future. But later on several new element were discovered
whose properties did not fit into law of octaves.
(ii) In order to fit new elements into his table Newland adjust two elements in the same column, but put some unlike elements under the same column.
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