John Dalton (1766-1844),British chemist,physicist and meteorologist. Dalton's atomic theory that explained chemical changes was 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). On the desk is an air pump and sheets of atomic symbols. Dalton was Fellow of the Royal Society (1822) and corresponding member (1816) and foreign associate (1830) of the French Academy of Sciences. This 1823 engraving by English artist William Henry Worthington is after a circa 1814 painting by British artist Joseph Allen (1769-1839) | |
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