It was sometimes considered an alkali metal in continental Europe (but not in England) in the years immediately following its discovery, and was placed just after caesium as the sixth alkali metal in Dmitri Mendeleev's 1869 periodic table and Julius Lothar Meyer's 1868 periodic table.
ɪt wʌz sˈʌmtaɪmz kənsˈɪdɚd ɐn ˈælkəlˌaɪ mˈɛɾəl ɪn kˌɑːntɪnˈɛntəl jˈʊɹɹəp bˌʌt nˌɑːt ɪn ˈɪŋɡlənd ɪnðə jˈɪɹz ɪmˈiːdɪətli fˈɑːloʊɪŋ ɪts dɪskˈʌvɚɹi, ænd wʌz plˈeɪst dʒˈʌst ˈæftɚ sˈiːsiəm æz ðə sˈɪksθ ˈælkəlˌaɪ mˈɛɾəl ɪn dəmˈiːtɹi mˈɛndɪlˌiːvz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti nˈaɪn pˌiəɹɪˈɑːdɪk tˈeɪbəl ænd dʒˈuːlɪəs lˈɑːθɑːɹ mˈeɪɚz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt pˌiəɹɪˈɑːdɪk tˈeɪbəl.