John Dalton (1766-1844),British chemist,physicist and meteorologist. Dalton is most famous for his atomic theory that explained chemical changes,published in 'A New System of Chemical Philosophy' (1808). Dalton's law (1801) concerned partial pressures for gases. He also worked on colour blindness (1794). This 1834 mezzotint engraving by Charles Turner (1774-1857) stated that Dalton was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1822) and President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester (1816-1844). The engraving was based on an 1825 work by artist James Lonsdale (1777-1839) | |
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