The History Of The Development Of The Periodic Table By Bootayfullme 330 Aristotle - Four Element Theory Earth, air, fire and water 360 Plato Coins The Term Elements 400 Democritus Proposes The Atom Oct 8, 1605 Bacon - Scientific Method Oct 8, 1778 Antoine Lavoisier Wrote The First Extensive List Of Elements containing 33 elements, distinguished between metals and non-metals. Oct 8, 1803 Dalton Propsed "Daltons Law" Oct 8, 1828 Jacob Berzelius Described A Table Of Atomic Weights & Introduced Letters To Symbolize Elements Oct 8, 1828 Dobereiner Developed Groups Of 3 Elements With Similar Properties Oct 8, 1864 Mendeleev Produced A Table Based On Atomic Weights & Arranged Periodically Oct 8, 1900 Rutherford Discovered The Source Of Radioactivity & Decaying Atoms Oct 8, 1913 Moseley Determined The Atomic Number Of All Of The Elements & Modified The Periodic Law