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John Dalton - College Term Paper

John Dalton

was born on September 6, 1766 in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England. was a British chemist and physicist who developed the atomic theory of matter and therefore is known as one of the fathers of modern physical science.
Dalton was the son of a Quaker weaver. When only 12 he became in charge of a Quaker school in Cumberland. Two years later he taught with his brother at a school in Kendal, where he stayed for 12 years. He then became a teacher of mathematics and natural philosophy at New College in Manchester, a college established by the Presbyterians to give a first-class education to both laymen and candidates for the ministry. The Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were only open ...

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published Meteorological Observations and Essays. He then became interested in preparing collections of botanical and insect species. In 1787, he began observations about aurora phenomena--luminous, sometimes coloured displays in the sky caused by electrical disturbances in the atmosphere.
Some of his studies in meteorology led him to conclusions about the origin of trade winds involving the Earth's rotation and change in temperature--unaware, perhaps, that this theory had already been proposed in 1735 by George Hadley. These are only some of the subjects on which he wrote essays that he read before the Philosophical Society: others included such topics as the barometer, thermometer, hygrometer, rainfall, the formation of clouds, and evaporation and the distribution and character of atmospheric moisture, including the concept of the dew point. He was the first to confirm the theory that rain is caused not by any change in atmospheric pressure but by a decrease of temperature. In ...

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Added: 8/13/2008 08:22:16 PM
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