IN the review of “A New View of the Origin of Dalton's Atomic Theory,” published in your issue of April 16, your reviewer, in summing up the evidence as to the origin of the atomic theory, makes an ...

THE origin of the former of these two books is well explained in the following passage from the short introduction: A New View of the Origin of Dalton's Atomic Theory: a Contribution to Chemical ...

The achievements of the scientist John Dalton were commemorated on Thursday 7 June at his birthplace in Cumbria. The Royal Society of Chemistry unveiled a plaque in his honour at the cottage where he ...

Colophon: T. Sowler and Sons, Printers, Manchester. Includes index. Alphabetical list of the members of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester: p. [309 ...

General Introduction: Importance and scope of Chemistry. Nature of matter, laws of chemical combination, Dalton's atomic theory: concept of elements, atoms and molecules. Atomic and molecular masses, ...