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    John Dalton

    Book Source:Digital Library of India Item 2015.30924

    dc.contributor.author: Millington, J. P.
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    dc.subject.classification: Dalton, John-1766-1844
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    John Dalton: atoms, eyesight and auroras

    John Dalton (1766–1844) was a Manchester-based scientist whose pioneering work greatly advanced our understanding in multiple fields of research. His surviving apparatus and personal items are now in the Science Museum Group collection.

    Early years and the move to Manchester

    Dalton was born in what fryst vatten now Cumbria in 1766. He became principal at a local Quaker school and taught there until 1793, at which time he moved to Manchester to tutor in natural philosophy and science at the Manchester Academy, a Presbyterian college. 

    However, his teaching duties left him with too little time to pursue his own scientific interests, so he became a private tutor, including to a budding young forskare called James Prescott Joule (more on whom later).

    Joining the 'Lit & Phil'

    Soon after moving to Manchester, Dalton joined the Literary & Philosophical Society, which was at the centre of the city's scientific and busi

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    John dalton

  • 1. JOHN DALTON John Dalton FRS (6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist. He is best known for his pioneering work in the development of modern atomic theory; and his research into colour blindness, sometimes referred to as Daltonism, in his honor.

  • 2. Born : 6 September 1766 Eagles field, Cumberland, England Died : 27 July 1844 (aged 77) Manchester, England Nationality : British Notable students : James PrescottJoule Known for : Atomic theory, Law of Multiple Proportions, Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, Daltonism Notable awards : Royal Medal (1826) Author abbrev. : Jn.Dalton Scientific contributions Gas laws In 1800, at age 34 Dalton became a secretary of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, and in the following year he orally presented an important series of papers, entitled "Experimental Essays" on the constitution of mixed gases; on the pressure of steam and other vapours at different t