The study “The space elevator: Thought experiment; or key to the universe” (Clarke, 2003) indicates that, “Space elevators (SE) have also sometimes been referred to as beanstalks, space bridges, space lifts, space ladders, skyhooks, orbital towers, or orbital elevators”.
In an article named”Challenges in building space elevators” (Kaushal & Arora, 1964), they described that the concept of an orbital tower was primarily suggested in the XIX Century: