john dalton in English
noun
(1766-1844) famous English physicist and chemist who revived the atomic theory (namesake for the Dalton law of partial pressure)
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1. In the early 1800s, John Dalton formulated his atomic theory in Manchester.
2. ‘He was not an Atomist in the mould of Democritus, but he did conceive of atom-like fundamental particles of the four Empedoclean elements.’ ‘But whereas the Greek Atomists had to guess and imagine, John Dalton, a Quaker and a chemist, used modern scientific reasoning.’
3. ‘He was not an Atomist in the mould of Democritus, but he did conceive of atom-like fundamental particles of the four Empedoclean elements.’ ‘But whereas the Greek Atomists had to guess and imagine, John Dalton, a Quaker and a chemist, used modern scientific reasoning.’