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John Newlands placed hydrogen at the beginning of his Periodic Table in the context of his law of octaves because he noticed that elements exhibited similar properties when arranged in order of increasing atomic weight. By positioning hydrogen at the start, he aimed to highlight its similarities with lithium, the next element in the series. This arrangement allowed him to group elements with analogous chemical properties every eight elements, establishing a foundational concept in the development of the periodic table.

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