function invertTable(HTMLTable)

function invertTable(table) {
    var $this = table;
    var newrows = [];
    $this.find("tr").each(function(){
      var i = 0;
      $(this).find("th").each(function(){
        i++;
        if(newrows[i] === undefined) { newrows[i] = $("<tr></tr>"); }
        newrows[i].append($(this));
      });
      $(this).find("td").each(function(){
        i++;
        if(newrows[i] === undefined) { newrows[i] = $("<tr></tr>"); }
        newrows[i].append($(this));
      });
    });
    $this.find("tr").remove();
    $.each(newrows, function(){
      $this.append(this);
    });

    $this.find("thead").html("<tr>"+$this.find("tr").html()+"</tr>");
    $this.find("tbody tr").first().remove();
  }