Around 1865 John Newlands produced a series of papers where he listed the elements in order of increasing atomic weight and similar physical and chemical properties that recurred at intervals of eight; he likened such periodicity to the octaves of music, where notes an octave apart have similar musical functions.
ɚɹˈaʊnd wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv dʒˈɑːn nˈuːləndz pɹədˈuːst ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv pˈeɪpɚz wˌɛɹ hiː lˈɪstᵻd ðɪ ˈɛlɪmənts ɪn ˈɔːɹdɚɹ ʌv ɪŋkɹˈiːsɪŋ ɐtˈɑːmɪk wˈeɪt ænd sˈɪmɪlɚ fˈɪzɪkəl ænd kˈɛmɪkəl pɹˈɑːpɚɾiz ðæt ɹᵻkˈɜːd æɾ ˈɪntɚvəlz ʌv ˈeɪt; hiː lˈaɪkənd sˈʌtʃ pˌiəɹɪˌɑːdˈɪsᵻɾi tə ðɪ ˈɑːktɪvz ʌv mjˈuːzɪk, wˌɛɹ nˈoʊts ɐn ˈɑːktɪv ɐpˈɑːɹt hæv sˈɪmɪlɚ mjˈuːzɪkəl fˈʌŋkʃənz.