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 ...

At a stroke, his new theory of atoms crushed the alchemists and their magic formulas for gold. He had set chemistry on the path to becoming a modern science. "The crucial step was to write down ...

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 ...

Most historians have ruled out the possibility that John Dalton was influenced by the theories of atomists William and Bryan Higgins, as well as William Austin, in developing his first table of atomic ...

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