Dalton, John : 1766-1844

John Dalton (1766-1844)
British chemist and physicist, was born near Cockermouth.  He taught mathematics and physics in Manchester; made his first appearance as an author in 1793 in a volume of his observations and essays; and, in 1808, published A New System of Chemical Philosophy.  In this work he set forth for the first time the main features of the atomic theory, which revolutionized the science of chemistry.  He set forth also the law of the expansive force of steam and other gases, which is known as Dalton's Law, or the law of partial pressures.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1779.

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