Can France claim the first periodic table? Probably not, but a French Geology Professor made a significant advance towards it, even though at the time few people were aware of it. Alexandre Béguyer de ...

Play this game to learn about lots of different elements in the periodic table. While you're watching ... The way we arrange them is in the order of increasing atomic number.

The modern periodic table is based closely on the ideas he used. Cal: And how is it ordered? Mrs Roberts: So, the elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number. The horizontal rows ...